[mythtv-users] Fedora 8 and mythtv

[R. G. Newbury]

wouter lists wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just of curiosity: has anybody tried the upcoming Fedora 8 with mythtv?
> 
> I'm particularly interested in the pulseaudio daemon. Any results?
> 
> Wouter

I have been running Fedora 8 rc2 since about 3 days after it came out: 
a couple of weeks now. It runs nicely. I remember there was something 
about pulse, but it got solved so easily I do not remember what the 
problem was. It was dealt with by a quick google IIRC. I think I just 
removed pulse...not near that machine at present.

The only problem I have at the moment is that lirc is not working 
BECAUSE the keys on my remote are sticking! The wireless Logitech DiNovo 
keyboard is filling in quite nicely however.

The mythbox has had a brain transplant as part of that upgrade and is 
now an Asus P5L-MX with an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CPU. Tonight or 
tomorrow I will put powertop on it, and re-compile the kernel to see 
whether turning off a bunch of things can reduce the kernel wakeups.
At the same time, I will likely change the kernel Hz from 1000 to 300.

As a backstop, the box is running off an old 13G hard drive, but I have 
a parallel install on a 40G...so I will update both the the same level, 
  and check the backup and transfer the mythconverg database before 
commencing.

There *are* major advantages to having the entire OS on a separate drive 
from the (video) data. And cron is your friend.

Geoff

-- 
       Tux says: "Be regular. Eat cron flakes."