[mythtv-users] Distro for MythTV, FC6 is killing me

Brett Swaim kf6zql at gmail.com
Wed Dec 6 18:55:54 UTC 2006


I use the latest knoppmyth r5d1 and it's perfect, no issues for me.

On 12/6/06, pcampbel at knect24.com <pcampbel at knect24.com> wrote:
>
> I have it running using Fedora Core 6, nVidia 6200
> Had it up and running in 4 to 6 hours using http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/.
> Fedora install configured the nVidia card without any problems.
>
> > On 12/6/06, Ben Edwards <funkytwig at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 20/11/06, Mark Lehrer <mark at knm.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I have been trying to get MythTV installed on FC6 for last month.
> My
> >> > > problem appears to be that FC6 and Nvidia drivers do not play nice,
> >> > > specifically I can not get the Nvidia drivers to install and work,
> >> > > yes I have read countless how to's and tried just about
> >> > > everything. I was able to get the Myth backend working, but could
> >> > > not get play the output.
> >
> > I installed MythTV on Ubuntu recently and in my opinion found it *too*
> > easy to
> > install! :)
> >
> >> > >
> >> > > Thus I am in the market for a Distro which will be stable and work.
> >> My
> >> > > system is:
> >> >
> >> > I'm sure you'll get lots of religious replies about everyone's
> >> favorite
> >> > distro!
> >> >
> >> > That being said:  Use Ubuntu, it rocks.
> >> >
> >> > From what I understand, Myth 0.20 is available as part of their
> >> > "multiverse" repository, which means that installation should be
> easy.
> >>
> >> This is true and I use Myth on Ubuntu and with universe it kind of
> >> works out of the box for a lot of people.  The problem is there does
> >> not seem to be a real package manager (i.e. someone who actually uses
> >> or at least can properly test myth). The last version I tried packages
> >> for (I think .19) was rather unstable.   Saying that I compiled .20
> >> from source and it seems fairly stable (i.e. back end rock soled and
> >> very occasionaly have to restart front end).
> >>
> >> I would also like to warn against KnoppMyth.  Its debian based and
> >> uses apt, witch is great.  Problem is doing apt-get upgrade/dist
> >> upgrade can easily trashes your system.  I would therefore say it is
> >> equivelent to alpha (at best) and should be avoided like a like the
> >> plage.
> >
> > I mostly followed the instructions from the Ubuntu help pages at:-
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV
> >
> > Which excplicitly tells you to:-
> >
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get upgrade
> >
> > I installed on Edgy eft and as I said, it seemed far too easy ;)
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Ben
> >>
> >> > I am going to upgrade my Myth box from Dapper & 0.19 to Edgy and 0.20
> >> > over the holidays, let me know if you have any questions.
> >> >
> >> > Mark
> >> >
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
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