[mythtv-users] Use yum-priorities and lirc?

[Johnny Walker]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:04 PM, steve wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I think that Fedora install guide in the wiki (http://mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Fedora)
>>>>> needs some serious updating.  In general it seems current as of FC10, which would explain the yum-priorities
>>>>> thing, given your comment.
>>>>>
>>>>> This makes me wonder what other advice in there is invalid...
>>>
>>>> At a glance, a *lot*. I vaguely recall writing a summary of things that were no longer valid some time back.
>>>> If I had time, I'd go fix that page up, but I'd need a lot of time that I just don't have anymore. :(
>>>
>>> You mean you posted such a list here?  Or you wrote one up and saved it?  If you can send me or point me to that list, I will make the updates on the Wiki page.  I already added an edit warning people off of that yum-priorities thing. Email is networks1 at cox dot net.
>>
>> Could have sworn I wrote such a thing in the past ~6 months, but a quick search of my sent mail folder isn't turning it up, so I guess I got nothin'...
>>
>> Off the cuff real quick though:
>>
>> - xfs is just fine these days, has been for quite a while now
>> - the 'network configuration' screen no longer exists (see NetworkManager instead)
>> - firstboot doesn't ask about firewall or selinux now
>> - firstboot doesn't offer a display setup screen
>> - firstboot doesn't have a sound card screen
>> - yum-updatesd died long ago, packagekit has replaced it
>> - FreshRPMs merged with RPM Fusion, which isn't really compatible with ATrpms
>> - the modprobe crap for a soundcard hasn't been needed in years on any of my hw
>> - you don't need to install ivtv drivers from ATrpms, they're included in the upstream kernel (and thus the Fedora kernel too) going back ages now
>> - don't install lirc from ATrpms, lirc drivers are included in the Fedora kernel since FC6
>> - lirc_mceusb2 is no more, it was merged back into lirc_mceusb (though a modalias exists)
>> - the old ieee1394 stack shouldn't be necessary, the new stack *does* work with mythtv. at least, for some people. :) It should be used in favor of the old, if it works, only try the old if the new doesn't.
>
> - gdmsetup is currently non-functional/non-existent, must edit some gdm config file by hand for auto-login w/gdm now. I forget if/when/how this is to be remedied...
>

So should the ATrpms site be added as a source or not? If so - should
yum-repositories-prioroties no longer be used?

-JJ