[mythtv-users] Been a while - New hardware, should I reinstall?

Douglas Wagner douglasw0 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 19:43:13 UTC 2007


Thanks Axel, I assumed this was the case but it's great to have the
confirmation. :)

Now all I need to know is if anyone's had any back breaking issues with
either x86_64 or FC6 and Myth :)

--Douglas Wagner

On 4/25/07, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 12:32:44PM -0500, Douglas Wagner wrote:
> > To add to this, I guess I should probably ask the following (WARNING:
> > Noobness exposure incoming).
> >
> > I am aware of several "branches" of MythTV including a "Fixes" branch
> that I
> > should probably be using, given it's pulling anything fixed and verified
> out
> > of trunk.
> >
> > That said, I'm using RedHat and RPMs to keep MythTV updated (as
> mentioned
> > below) out of Axel's repository.  There are updates comming down the
> pipe
> > for the MythTV packages, are these including the "fixes" branch of
> > code
>
> Yes, that's 95% of why these updates appear on ATrpms (stable). The
> other 5% are for fixing bugs, although in the last years these have
> been quite seldom and minor, so they are usually accumulated and
> passed into the next regular update.
>
> But beware: There are also other packages at ATrpms (bleeding) that
> track the latest and greatest from mythtv (trunk) for debugging
> purposes only. Many power users have found them working for production,
> too, but that's not intended for that purpose. Although their feedback
> concerning bugs found in the trunk is what these packages are after.
>
> So play it safe and use the packages that will be pulled in in the
> default configuration (e.g. w/o atrpms-bleeding). That will buy you
> the stable series plus the fixes that were officially applied to that
> series.
>
> > or is fixes only available if you're doing a "roll your own"
> > compilation?
> >
> > I'm really sorry for the noob question btw.
>
> n.p. If you don't ask you will not know.
>
> > --Douglas Wagner
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >So I was working last night with Myth2Ipod and was in the middle of
> > >transcoding a show to test it out when POOF the PVR simply shuts down
> on
> > >me.  No power outage, nothing else in the entertainment center went
> down,
> > >the PVR just shut off.
> > >
> > >Crud, so I go and try to power it back up...no dice.  Change out the
> power
> > >supply hoping beyond hope it's a PS failure and not something on the
> > >motherboard...no dice again.
> > >
> > >(Tho, after testing it, that PS couldn't power up another working
> computer
> > >either, so I suspect the PS toasted and took something on the board
> with
> > >it).  No idea if it's the CPU, Memory or just the board itself.
> > >
> > >So, here I am PVRless and having MB issues.  Recently I just replaced
> the
> > >CPU in my main windows gaming box and now have a shiny used AMD64 3000+
> > >laying around doing nothing.
> > >
> > >So, long story short, new motherboard comming in, with a new Media
> Center
> > >Case (can't JUST replace components can we? :) ) and unfortunately a
> new
> > >Video Card as well (pretty much the same AGP Card I have now in PCI-E
> > >format).
> > >
> > >
> > >However, here's where my question comes in.  So the prior CPU was an
> Intel
> > >based 2.8g 32-bit.  I'm replacing that with an AMD Based 64-Bit.
> > >Obviously to take advantage of the 64 bit CPU I need a 64 bit operating
> > >System, which, happily, I can get ahold of since this is linux.  The
> > >question becomes however, is there an increase in
> speed/stability/something
> > >worth dumping a currently working MythTV install.  I would admit I'm
> not
> > >overly looking forward to a week's reinstallation and re-setup of the
> box
> > >from scratch, i've put ALOT of work into it as is, but then again, if I
> can
> > >get a faster/better system out of it i'm all for it.
> > >
> > >It is currently running FC5, if I do a re-install I'd be looking at FC6
> > >(just to stay current).
> > >
> > >So, to summarize the questions and add a few more:
> > >
> > >1) Is a reinstall worth it to move from 32 bit to 64 bit?
> > >2) Are there problems with Myth on a 64 bit OS System?
> > >3) When going through the installation steps will I get ahold of a 64
> bit
> > >version of Myth with a 64 bit OS install?  (I ask this because while
> i'm
> > >not
> > >a stranger to rolling my own so to speak, the ability to simply use yum
> or
> > >another package manager to keep myth updated is a VERY nice concept to
> > >me...).  I assume if I compile my own i'd get a 64 bit wide version of
> Myth
> > >installed (correct me if i'm wrong), but is there an ability to get
> that
> > >via
> > >RPMs?
> > >4) Are there issues with FC6 or any challenges I might have to face
> with
> > >it that should keep me on FC5?
> > >
> > >Anyway, just trying to get a community feel on an upgrade from FC5 to
> FC6
> > >and 32-bit to 64-bit.  Advice happily taken.
> > >
> > >Oh, I guess I should probably ask if anyone sees any issue with the
> system
> > >INITIALLY booting with a hardware change of a new MB and New CPU (on
> the
> > >old
> > >install so I can backup what I need)...I really DO NOT want to loose
> the
> > >myth database (i'm using the Stock RH kernel, no patches or custom
> kernels
> > >to screw things up).
> > >
> > >--Douglas Wagner
> > >
>
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