[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu question

[Andréas Kühne]

2015-03-31 16:52 GMT+02:00 Mike Carron <jmcarron at starstream.net>:

> -----Original Message-----From: Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
> Reply-to: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbuntu question
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 04:41:31 +0000
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 1:56 PM Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
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>         > On 28 Mar 2015, at 12:00 pm, "Stephen Worthington"
>         <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
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>         >> On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:32:55 -0700, you wrote:
>         >>
>         >> I'm currently running Mythbuntu 0.28 / 14.04.  I'd like to do
>         a clean
>         >> install starting with 15.04 (want the newer linux core for
>         its enhanced
>         >> btrfs support).  I also use the machine as an Ubuntu Desktop.
>         >>
>         >> In the past, I've installed Mythbuntu and used Mythbuntu
>         Control Centre to
>         >> add the Ubuntu Desktop "role".  But I've occasionally had
>         configuration/use
>         >> issues (relating to some combination of gdm/lightdm and
>         gnome/xfce/kde and
>         >> auto-login) that made me think it's not exactly a "standard"
>         Ubuntu
>         >> install, i.e. the fixes for my problems were different than
>         the fixes were
>         >> for people with the same version vanilla Ubuntu).  But I
>         really like the
>         >> MythTV "environment" controlled by Mythbuntu Control Centre.
>         Also when I
>         >> try to upgrade distributions it just flat-out fails.
>         >>
>         >> So I'm thinking I will install the standard Ubuntu 15.04,
>         then add
>         >> Mythbuntu Control Centre/Myth after that.
>         >>
>         >> My question is: Is there anything wrong with that plan (like
>         I'll miss some
>         >> feature of Mythbuntu)?  Or am I just wasting my time and I
>         should just
>         >> install Mythbuntu 15.04 to begin with?
>         >
>         > Mythbuntu is only supported on LTS versions, so installing it
>         on 15.04
>         > might be problematic.  Have you considered whether you could
>         get the
>         > btrfs improvements by installing the Hardware Enablement Stack
>         to get
>         > a later kernel?  That allows you to still use a supported
>         Mythbuntu
>         > 14.04 version:
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>         > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack
>         > _______________________________________________
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>         So what will Mythbuntu do? Will there be a 14.04.02 Mythbuntu or
>         will it stick to 14.04.01 until 16.04?
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> There already is a 14.04.2
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> That is true but it still uses the same kernel as 14.04.1. It signs on
> as:
> Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64)
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> mike
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Ubuntu 14.04.2 comes with a 3.16 kernel according to the official release
notes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes). Are you sure you
have updated the kernel on the machine (sometimes they are not updated
automatically).

// Andréas
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