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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My first appearance here! I am a linux newcomer, so
bear with me, please! </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>After totally ditching MCE2005 and XP+MediaPortal, I
decided to do linux+mythtv for my HTPC. I started out with trying out knoppmyth
and mythdora, but, tbh, they suck and was waaay to bloated for my machine. Therefore,
I decided to go down the Gentoo path, making a linux install that was as small
and fast as possible without spending too much time, and learning lots of linux
at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OH BOY!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>After 40+ hours, I’m on the brink of giving up!
I have to be quite conservative and not use anything but a very customized
linux, as I’m running on a Duron 800:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>mobo: Abit KT7-RAID<br>
cpu: Duron 800<br>
RAM: 3*128 MB SDram PC133<br>
GFX: ATI Radeon 9250, 128 MB w TV-out<br>
TV-card: Hauppage 500MCE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Harddisk: Seagate 7200.8 300 GB ide-<br>
Case: Silverstone lc10m w. iMon remote & vfd(display)<br>
Netcard1: Linksys WMP54G netcard, wireless<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Netcard2: Accton std. 10/100 ethernet card<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Right now, I’m running KDE 3.4 on Gentoo
2.6.14-r2, and I am recompiling MySql cause it failed to emerge properly,
making MythTV install fail miserably! Here’s my USE line:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USE="-gtk -gnome X acpi apm apache2 alsa berkdb
clamav cdr dedicated dvb dvd dvdr dvdread gd gtk gtk2 innodb joystick kde lirc
mp3 mpeg msn mysql mythtv openal opengl perl qt samba sdk server ssl svga
truetype usb v4l wifi xine xmms"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Don’t hesitate and comment on it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Browsing a few digests of this mailing list and my
experiences so far, I have reached the conclusion, that most of my probs
relates to having wrong/missing USE variables in my /etc/make.conf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If any of u out there with a sleek running
Gentoo/MythTV setup could share their USE-lineup, I’d be MORE than happy
for it! Possibly explaining why particular variables are needed!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’m really trying hard here, but being new to
linux sure gives me the steep learning curve galore. Any advice would be much appreciated,
as I plan on doing an article for other newbies like myself on a Danish HTPC
site!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TIA,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gabriel S. Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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