[mythtv-users] Moving from KnoppMyth to Mythbuntu

[Allen Edwards]

Andrew Close wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As noted in another post to this list I have run into issues with the
>> new version of KnoppMyth (version 5.5), which has me wondering "Is the
>> grass greener on the other side". I have briefly played with Mythbuntu
>> on my long suffering, often abused test box, and was basicly happy
>> with what I saw.
>>
>> So, I am wondering what sort of pitfalls await me if I choose to move
>> from KnoppMyth R5F27 to Mythbuntu 8.04?
>>
>> I am assuming the easiest route would be to install Mythbuntu 7.10, as
>> it, like Knoppmyth R5F27 also runs MythTV 0.20, then take Mythbuntu
>> 8.04. Right?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions / advice.
> 
> i'm still running KnoppMyth R5F27 on my production box.  but i
> purchased all new hardware for an HD capable MythBox and have been
> playing with MythBuntu 8.04.  aside from some hardware issues i'm
> having (new Intel Chipset and onboard video, grumble grumble) i like
> the distro.  the control center is a nice centralized feature that i'm
> guessing will mature and grow.  install/config went very smoothly, but
> there are little differences.  i don't like the default locations of
> tv/video storage in MythBuntu, but i'm sure that can be tweaked.  you
> may want to check out the MythBuntu forums/wiki for what others have
> to say.  my understanding is that 8.04 is somewhat buggy compared to a
> pretty rock solid 7.10.
> overall, i think the move from KnoppMyth to MythBuntu is a fairly
> lateral move, although i do like the direction MythBuntu is heading...
> 

I don't find 8.04 so much buggy as extremely different and undocumented. 
  There are some things that didn't work for me with 7.10 that work fine 
on 8.04.  I documented a number of the more difficult problems in posts 
to this list so that, and others posts, may be helpful.

I had a big problem with the video.  Not sure if it is what you are 
referring to but what I did was disable the nvidia propritary drivers in 
   mythsetup and load them with envyng.

Allen