[mythtv-users] OpenGL or Xv - ./confgure Troubles

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Sat Dec 15 16:01:43 UTC 2007


scott at tbwifi.ca wrote:
> 
> Okay I need a little pointer as to what "development libraries $ headers" I
> may need.  For example I think I have installed almost every RPM package
> that I can get wth Xv or Xvideo in the name.  My initial attempt at
> modifiying my xorg.conf for Xv allowed me to get some positive results with
> xvinfo command (a couple of pages of info) where previously is got the
> reponse that no adapter was present.   This would make me think that all
> was well, but myth's configure script still didn't show yes under xv.  Any
> thoughts anyone?
> 
The packages you will need will all have '-devel' as part of the name. And yes, 
it's not intuitive. I used a bit of guesswork the first time I did it.

One way is the bloody-minded iterative method. You force to 'yes' all the 
options you want in .configure, then try a make. It's going to fail when it 
tries to link in a library that's missing. That tells you one that it needs. In 
another window, you have 'drakconf' running. Use that to add the missing 
library. Rinse and repeat.

Incidentally there's another library gotcha I mentioned on this list a while 
back. The Mandriva library management is not perfect (!), particularly if you 
are building 64-bit. Do a find on Myth and LibMyth and note which directories 
the files are in. Make sure that /etc/ld.so.conf has all the library directories 
in it and re-run ldconfig after you change anything. Mine looks like:

include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
/lib
/lib64
/usr/lib
/usr/lib64
/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/lib/qt3/lib64
/usr/lib/qt3/lib

(I install my Myth into /usr, which is non-standard. If you are using 
/usr/local, you may need to add extra lines to those above.)

Mike Perkins



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