[mythtv-users] Re: Yum versus apt

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 12:46:23PM +0200, mogens lunde wrote:
> 
> 
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 10:46:49AM +0200, mogens lunde wrote:
> >
> >>I will now atempt my 7th reinstall of FC3 + Mythtv, and hope for success 
> >>this time ;-) The last times I have not had luck with apt, as some of 
> >>the program for example ivtv were not available using apt-get install. 
> >
> >
> >Could you explain that further? Did you use
> >
> >      apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-`uname -r` ivtv
> >
> >after having upgraded your kernel to the latest errata available from
> >RH (and booted into it)?
> 
> I really have followed Jarods description exactly (copy/paste 
> instructions), but basically not much could be done wrong from 
> installing the four CD's untill starting the apt-get update etc. I did 
> of course also the last time install the latest kernel, but when trying 
> this:
> # apt-get install ivtv-firmware
> # apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$KVER
> # apt-get install ivtv
> 
> each package returned this error: Couldn't find package xxxxxx
> (Did of course define $KVER properly)

Please paste in the exact error output and also the output of
apt-cache policy. Also what's your kernel that is used in KVER? Only
the latest RH kernel is really supported, e.g. 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 for
fc3.

Also include

rpm -q apt atrpms-package-config and
rpm -V apt atrpms-package-config


> This really should not happen, and I swear I have not deviated one mm 
> from Jarods description. Anyway installation succeeded with yum, but now 
> I get static/snow from the tuner after a reboot (worked before the reboot)
> 
> When I hopefully get this to work again I obviously need a backup 
> program, so that I can go back to a working mythtv. I have now two times 
> experienced that a simple apt-get dist-upgrade destroyed my working 
> tuner output.
> 
> Mogens
> 
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