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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. By 'crap' I meant to say
'<STRONG>C</STRONG>arefully <STRONG>R</STRONG>edesigned
<STRONG>A</STRONG>pplication <STRONG>P</STRONG>ackage' - I hope this sounds
better :-) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. I certainly appreciate that you're trying to
help me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. I</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> can't
understand, why the MythTV install must be sooooo complicated an prone to
pitfalls and failures?Linux *and Ubuntu) handles packages, even complex ones so
well, why is this an exception?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did everything 'by the book' following
instructions precisely everytime. Everytime I ended up with the same
result.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the problem could be inside Ubuintu itself
. I contacted Canonical and am waiting for an answer. Curiously, the last Ubuntu
release MythTV claims to work with is 7.10 - I have 8.04.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Brian Wood" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:beww@beww.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>beww@beww.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Discussion about mythtv" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mythtv-users@mythtv.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:32
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] rookie mythtv
prospective user</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>paltron wrote:<BR>> My desjtop is permanently connected by broadband
to the Internet and is<BR>> NOT part of a local network. I installed,
de-installed, re-installed<BR>> MythTV several times, I even tried this
Mythbuntu crap, always ended up<BR>> with the screen I
described.<BR><BR>Calling MythBuntu "Crap" is probably not the best way to get
help from<BR>this list :-)<BR><BR>> Setup?What setup?I can't even get that
far.<BR>> I'm very frustrated, because it's most likely a tiny thing.<BR>>
At this point I yanked everything and reverted to my Hauppage WinTV 150<BR>>
card's ability to watch live TV.<BR><BR>If you installed and de-installed Myth
several times, and you didn't do<BR>it preciselt the same way with the same
version, you may well have<BR>"crap" hanging around from previous
installs.<BR><BR>The "no mouse" situation is normal, Myth is not designed to use
a mouse,<BR>and thus it "swallows" it top prevent screen clutter. You should be
able<BR>to go through the setup using just the cursor keys.<BR><BR>You might
find this helpful, although it is specifically for MythDora,<BR>it might give
you an idea how the install should work, which you need to<BR>know in order to
work out what's wrong.<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/distribution/mythdora/4/install-1.html"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/distribution/mythdora/4/install-1.html</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>You should also have the loopback interface configured, even
if you are<BR>permanently connected to the internet on your
DT.<BR><BR>beww<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mythtv-users
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