[mythtv-users] Beyond the blank screen...

Nick knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Sun Sep 11 16:26:55 UTC 2005


On 11/09/05, blake at kingdomrpg.com <blake at kingdomrpg.com> wrote:
> OK, in the time it took me to download FC4, I fixed KnoppMyth. (That's
> okay, I'll seed the BitTorrent for a few hours and use FC on a different
> machine I want to put Linux on.)
> 
> So, I now have recording and TV viewing. Black and white, crappy picture
> quality, and sound from whatever's on the DVD player instead of from the
> TV, but it's a start.
> 
> Thanks for everyone's help. The two big issues for me turned out to be:
> 
> 1. Having the two S-Video ports and mistaking the S-Video out for the
> S-Video in.
> 
> 2. Linux case-sensitive file system. I was looking for my x11 directory
> and couldn't find it. (Duh. It's "X11" not "x11".)
> 
> (I presume--hope--the rest of the issues will similarly reveal personal
> deficiencies in reading and education rather than something serious.<s>)
> 
> Thanks for everyone's help!

Good luck for the remainder of the install. The learning curve is very
steep if you're new to Linux, but the payoff is well worth it.

Nick


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