<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Bruce:<br><br></div>Given you have stated that you are a "Linux newbie", I would suggest starting with a card that is known to work with MythTV. There is a hardware list available through the wiki. Next, I would suggest using packages rather than compiling from source. MythTV has a number of dependencies that will take forever to collect on your own. In addition, ensuring that you have selected the correct switches for compiling will be a challenge.<br>
<br></div>MythTV can work well, but even those of us who have been running systems for years (through many hardware changes as well), generally install from packages and stick to the recommended hardware. If you decide to forge your own path, you WILL learn a lot about Linux, but at the end of the day you may not have a working system.<br>
<br>George<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Bruce Herrington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:1bhfr1@gmail.com" target="_blank">1bhfr1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm a Linux newbie. I started with XBMC on a raspberry, got it working somewhat, but decided I needed more power so moved to a Desktop. I have mythbuntu running a HDHomeRun dual tuner and I love it. I bought a Genpix Skywalker 1 DVB-S to add to the system and my life has been hell ever since. I didn't want to ruin the mythbuntu setup I had so I got another drive to experiment with. After hundreds of Installs, my OS 1st choice is Mint 15 cinnamon, but haven't tried any other "mint's". I have been told<div>
after the OS is installed and updated,mythtv.0.26.0 source downloaded and extracted, I need to follow the directions at: <a href="https://bitbucket.org/updatelee/v4l-updatelee" target="_blank">https://bitbucket.org/updatelee/v4l-updatelee</a> to modify the mythtv soucre code to point the application to modified drivers verses kernel drivers. Updatelee is the author of the instuctions and I have been in contact with him at <a href="http://dvbn.happysat.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=53310&start=60#p348265" target="_blank">http://dvbn.happysat.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=53310&start=60#p348265</a>. He doesn't use MythTv tho. Has anybody on this board got Skywalker 1 working under MythTV sats 110, 118,119, or 129? Is Mint 15 a good OS choice? Any recomendations?</div>
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