[mythtv] Newbie needs advice!

Chris cisip at sprintmail.com
Sun Jan 26 23:08:11 EST 2003


On the perl part failing I had a similar experience but it is with the
cpan part.  I had to force install LWP or whatever it was that was
complaining of errors and will not install without force.

On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 15:16, Mark Petryk wrote:
> I'm with you, John.  Just signed up for the myth newsletter today 
> myself.  I'm running RH8 and am getting ready to get things installed 
> and running.  Don't give up the linux ship!  I just got a TiVo and after 
> a week I want to throw it in the trash already.
> 
> John wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >   I am new here and just want some advice if its not
> >too much trouble...
> >
> >I have used linux for a short time(redhat 8.0) is what
> >i downloaded.
> >
> >I have an old box collecting dust and read about myth
> >tv so i thought id try it out.
> >
> >I have an asus MOBO with an 800 Mhz Celeron, an ati
> >all in wonder rage 128, i belive with 16M video RAM
> >
> >I have 256 SYStem RAM and a creative labs video
> >blaster with remote.(this card has no drivers for
> >linux) :(
> >
> >first trouble i had was getting the ethernet card
> >working(dlink dfe 530x) 
> >no drivers..
> >
> >
> >I tried windows 2000 and was not happy with the video
> >performance so i want to try myth tv.
> >
> >My question is what distro of linux do you recomend
> >and which capture card, remote(linx), can i use the
> >creative labs card or should i throw it in my XP
> >box???(2.0ghz p4)
> >
> >i had errors trying to install xtml under red hat, the
> >perl part would not compile...
> >
> >is there an easy way to get this up and running(after
> >wasting 1 weekend i would like to try linux but am
> >getting frustrated)
> >
> >
> >
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