[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 8.10

[Andrew Close]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:02 AM, James Crow <james at ultratans.com> wrote:
> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. On 8.04 I had to add a patch to lirc
> for my remote (MCE made by Pinnacle). I also had to compile a newer
> version of the dvb drivers to support a Pinnacle 800i ATSC/QAM card. I
> had a USB Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick that needed updated drivers to work
> with 8.04 as well.
>
> Because I did not want to use the DKMS patched lirc and 4vl-dvb drivers
> from my 8.04 system I removed them prior to starting the upgrade.
> # dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
> # dkms uninstall -m v4l-dvb -v 0.20080631
>
> My main desktop was already running 8.10 and had most of the needed
> packages. I copied the debs over to the Myth box and started the
> upgrade. It needed to grab an additional 170 packages (out of 900 some)
> and took about 12 minutes.
>
> The update asked about overwriting a couple of files. One of them was
> my /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I have the database bound to my ip rather than
> localhost to support my remote frontends. The upgrade wanted to
> overwrite my php.ini and I let it. I had increased the amount of memory
> used by php for something, but forgot why.
>
> Another ten minutes or so and the system was ready for a restart. After
> restart I noticed an error in dmesg about the firmware for my Pinnacle
> 800i card. I copied it into place and restarted. The kernel loaded the
> firmware this time without a hitch.
>
> I have started recordings on all available recorders and will check them
> out when I get home for lunch. Thumbnails look good in Mythweb so I
> think they will be ok.

good to hear. :)  i'm hoping to spend some time this weekend moving to
8.10.  not sure if i'll upgrade or just blow my current install away
and reinstall fresh.
keep us posted ;)


-- 
Andrew Close