[mythtv-users] Recommended kernel version for 0.21, nova-t 500 and pvr 250 running under Xen

[Jeppe N. Madsen]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Ben Firshman wrote:

>  Do you have any updates on this? I'm having issues getting the
>  Nova-T 500 and the latest v4l-dvb sources working on the debian
>  etch xen kernel.

Still not in production, but basic recording works fine and I haven't
experienced the USB disconnects yet, even when running 2.6.18 in the
domu. I'm using the v4l-dvb source which is a few months old. IIRC I
had to patch the source like described here
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=105504

It seems like the USB disconnects are solved in 2.6.24 but I haven't
tried upgrading my domU yet



>  Thanks
>  
>  Ben
>  
>  On 15 Mar 2008, at 10:26, Jeppe N. Madsen wrote:
>  
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been running Mythtv for several years with a single
> > PVR250. Works wonderfully. But I need to move into the DVB-T era
> > and the wife wants the ability to record more channels :-)
> >
> > So now I've bought new backend hardware and a Nova-T 500 DVB-T
> > dual tuner. My current backend is an 800Mhz PIII, the new an AMD
> > 64x2 since i want to consolidate all my servers using Xen.
> >
> > I have myth 0.21 with the DVB-T tuners running in a xen virtual
> > machine and it seems to work ok. dom0 runs Debian Etch using xen
> > 3.0.2, domU runs Etch with everything except kernel upgraded to
> > Lenny.
> >
> > Before replacing my production myth box with the new server I
> > wanted to get any input on the recommended kernel version for the
> > machine running mythtv backend with a PVR250 and a Nova-T 500.
> >
> > And also any gotchas with Xen using mythtv or any of the
> > recommended kernel versions :-)
> >