[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu question

[Thomas Mashos]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:03 AM Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se> wrote:

> 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>
>> wrote:
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>>         > On 28 Mar 2015, at 12:00 pm, "Stephen Worthington"
>>         <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>         >
>>         >> 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:
>>         >
>>         > 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)
>>
>> 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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If you are on 14.04.1 and update through regular apt-get upgrades then you
won't automatically get a new major kernel, you will have to install it
explicitely. If you install 14.04.2 fresh you will get the new kernel.
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