[mythtv-users] Re: Most reliable path to a working MythTV system?

[stan]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:29:29AM +0000, cwatson at linkline.com wrote:
> stan writes: 
> 
> >
> >I've tried to get a working MythTV system 2 diffeent ways. 
> >
> >1. Using the KnoppMyth distribution.
> >2. Building a Debian "unstable" system. 
> >
> >1 fails because teh version of XMLTV installed cannot aquire north american
> >TV lsiting (and when I upgrade it from Debian mythbacked crashes), and I
> >can't change chanels, and audio does not work. 
> >
> Did you
> 1)apt-get update
> 2)apt-get install xmltv? 

Yes, which draged in about 6 other packages. After that when I run the
frontend it can't connect to the backend, which isn't running I believe.

> 
> At the time R4 was release the next of XMLTV worked fine.  Due to changes 
> made by zap2it, that was became broken so you have to upgrade. 
> 
I understand that.

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