[mythtv-users] Debian Squeeze Notes

[Michael Papet]

--- On Fri, 3/4/11, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:

> From: Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Debian Squeeze Notes
> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Cc: "Michael Papet" <mpapet at yahoo.com>
> Date: Friday, March 4, 2011, 4:51 AM
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:07 AM,
> Michael Papet <mpapet at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Just an FYI for anyone considering the move to the new
> Debian 6.0, Squeeze and running mythtv on it.
> >
> > Right now, (March 2011) lirc kernel modules do not
> compile on 2.6.32.  Mythtv otherwise works for me from
> debian-multimedia.org.
> 
> lirc on Debian is in pretty sorry shape, as far as I'm
> concerned.
> I've exchanged email with the maintainer offering to take
> over
> maintenance of the package myself, but he doesn't want to
> give it up.
> He is (slowly) making progress on it, though.
> 
> I'm running on Debian sid with 2.6.37 and lirc I build from
> his svn
> repository (svn://svn.debian.org/pkg-lirc/) and it
> works.  

Another nice tip.  Thanks!
> I wouldn't recommend trying to run squeeze on a kernel from lenny.

Works for me.  As always YMMV
> 
> Eric
>