[mythtv-users] Installed and Working

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 04:29 pm, Jason James wrote:
> Fundamentally, its a philosophical problem, not a
> technical one.
>
> Sure I can (and did) download and install the NVIDIA
> drivers. I've already recompiled them twice because of
> kernel updates.
>
> Some people may enjoy all the extra steps whenever
> RedHat (or anyone else) releases a new kernel, but I
> want it to "just work." I'm more than happy to
> compile, install, and debug for new, cutting edge
> software like MythTV. It feels like a waste of time to
> me when I'm doing all of that for my LAN card.

You go through the exact same thing if you want to use ALSA, or lirc, or 
lm_sensors or whatnot.  It's really no big deal.  In fact, in Debian, it's 
all completely automated -- nvnet and NVdriver get automatically recompiled 
and installed whenever I build a new kernel.

Isaac