[mythtv-users] Any Debian / Mythtv / Nvidia users here?

[stuart]

On 02/21/2011 08:08 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Ozzy Lash<ozzy.lash at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Eric Sharkey<eric at lisaneric.org>  wrote:
>>> I've been running MythTV on Debian unstable since 2004 and haven't had
>>> any serious problems with updates in all that time, although I haven't
>>> attempted an update since Feb 11th.
>>>
>>
>> I think the issue is that a new version of X11 was brought into
>> unstable, and the version of the nvidia driver in unstable doesn't
>> support the newer X11.  There is a set of newer nvidia packages in
>> experimental which work. (See
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612956 )
>
> That's a good example of something I'd put in the "not serious"
> category.  These kinds of hiccups should be expected when running on
> something branded "unstable", and pulling in the occasional package
> from experimental isn't hard to do.
>
> Eric

Funny you should say that about debian unstable.  I've been thinking for 
the past several years that debian unstable is more stable than released 
fedora. (My thoughts regarding the universe...<poof!>)

Anyhow, if you could help, I am possibly google-ing the wrong way here. 
  The result, I don't see how I can pull bits of nvidia from debian 
experimental.  That is, I see no clear cut way of doing this.  My 
biggest fear is that I turn my mythtv boxes from debain unstable to 
debian experimental with out any hope of returning to debian unstable.

-thanks