[mythtv-users] Compiling MythTV on a computer instead of the Xbox

Monkey Pet monkeypet at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 00:10:42 UTC 2008


On 3/11/08, Ryan <wyild1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have tried that......but its the xbox that keeps failing with "Assembler

I'll try to update the Xebian mythtv packages by this weekend and
document the process for you (if no one beats me to it).

> errors" when compiling.  Somehow, when that happens, the whole disk turns to
> a read only filesystem, and i need to reboot inorder to try again, but it
> fails all the time (usually after waiting 6 hrs).  Its not a disk space
> issue, not a drive issue (this is a test xbox and i have multiple drives
> here) nor IDE issue (have replaced the cable).  I get no relevant errors
> except "Assembler errors"
>
> After months of trying EVERYTHING i could come up with, now i want to try to
> compile on another computer
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Robert Johnston <anaerin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Ryan <wyild1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hehe wow WAY over my head.  LOL i have never tried to compile for
> another
> > > system before. and the xbox is using a 2.4 kernel because it is using an
> > > rootfs file so i can dual boot XBMC and xebian.
> > > So your saying vmware installed wit Xebian should work to compile it on?
> Any
> > > pointers you can give me will be greatly appreciated because i want to
> try
> > > the new 0.21 with my DVB-S setup.
> >
> > An alternative could be to make sure your linux box/VM and XBox have
> > the same version of GCC, then use DistCC to have the main PC do most
> > of the heavy lifting. This also has the advantage that the more
> > machines you can spare, the faster the compile goes.
> >
> > So, something like:
> >
> > DISTCC_HOSTS="VM1 VM2 VM3 localhost" make -j8
> >
> > Would get DistCC to send tasks to VM1,2 and 3 before the local xbox
> > tries to compile, and will run 8 compile tasks simultaneously.
> >
> > It's tres handy.
> > --
> > Robert "Anaerin" Johnston
> >
> >
> >
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