[mythtv-users] MythTV on the 2010 Mac mini update, getting there...

[Johnny Walker]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Jurgen Kramer <gtmkramer at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> Since last time I reported about trying to get MythTV running on the new
>> 2010 mac mini I've made some progress.
>>
>> I managed to install Fedora 13 x86_64 on the internal HDD and went from
>> there.
>>
>> My current status:
>>
>> - Ethernet:
>> OK, needs kernel >= 2.6.34
>> - SATA:
>> OK-ish, needs patch/workaround, I made a custom 2.6.34 kernel to make it
>> work. With the workaround to get the MCP89 SATA controller going it's
>> not very quick but doable.
>>
>> - Nvidia video out through HDMI:
>> OK works, tested with the latest nvidia binary driver.
>>
>> - Nvidia audio through HDMI:
>> ALSA from kernel 2.6.34 recognizes 3 HDMI audio outputs but I could not
>> get sound from any of them :(. Maybe newer alsa drivers are needed but
>> the ALSA modules no longer compile on Fedora 13...
>>
>>
>> So it looks promising but I'm not there yet.
>
> If someone sends me one, I'll collect all the necessary patches and
> commit them into the Fedora kernels and try to fix any remaining
> issues. (I'm only joking a little bit... I may actually see if our
> kernel hardware team can't just go buy one...)
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com
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Man i need to come work there.