[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu experiences?

[James Oltman]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 13:40 -0400, Josh White wrote:
> > My advice is to always stick with what you know. Whenever you change
> > distributions there is a learning curve that you might not be willing
> > to put the time into and will lead the frustration.
> >
> > Seconded.  Never try anything new.
>
> hmm... never upgrade if it works..
>
> While I agree with the learning cuve comment, trying something new is
> nearly always beneficial.
>
> Now, moving your production system from one environment you know to an
> environment you do not know is probably a bad idea.
>
> I believe that Mythbuntu is providing what the OP is looking for.
>
> But I would recommend to initially play with Mythbuntu on the side
> first, and decide about the fate of the production system later.
>
> The change will anyway involve time and efforts, as the 2 distributions
> mentioned have quite big differences in the way they do things.
>
> Nico
>


I'm having issues with MythBuntu right now.  The MCC (MythTV Control Centre)
is supposed to stop MythBackend before starting MCC.  It never does that
correctly.  It seems to be trying to stop the service /usr/bin/mythbackend
when the correct path is /etc/initd/mythtv-backend.  I'm also having
difficulty with the storage directories.  I have the correct perms on the
directories (cuz I can record things) but MythTV-Setup is saying that it
can't write to those folders.  But, MythBuntu is awesome in that it
recognized my PVR-x50 devices, and my HDHR without problems.  I had to setup
a DHCP server on my secondary NIC, but that was trivial.  It was also very
easy to setup a frontend with my MCE remote.  All in all, it's a good OS.
Just needs a few more tweaks to make it perfect.

Jim
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