[mythtv-users] Re: fedora core 3 x86_64 notes

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 11:13:55PM -0500, stewart wrote:
> Further update:
>   -tried to install ivtv from atrpms.net.  Didn't work:
> #yum install kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.9-1.667.x86_64
> gives:
> Error: missing dep: 
> /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/updates/drivers/media/video/msp3400.ko for pkg 
> kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.9-1.667

yum's broken:

http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=288

> This machine is an athlon64 2800+.  Running with video input from a 
> hauppauge tv-radio
> card, and no filters gives 95-97% CPU utilization.  The video is set to 
> be 480x480, varying
> bitrates ~4000.  512MB RAM.  I think this is kind of high for CPU.  Any 
> ideas for
> how to optimize this so I can get the CPU down?  It occaisionally drops 
> frames.
> 
> Thanks
> stewart at flybaker.com
> 
> stewart wrote:
> 
> >Sorry if you see this again, I was having some issues with the 
> >listserver when I previously
> >sent it, and I never found it in the archives.
> >
> >Here are my notes so far for installing fedora core3 x86_64 on an 
> >athlon64 machine.
> >So far everything is pretty smooth, I haven't tackled ivtv yet for my 
> >pvr250.
> >-installed from core 3 x86_64 dvd.  Install was smooth, and everything 
> >seems to work,
> >including sound and X.  Display out is to a benq XGA projector, which 
> >i set up as an
> >1024x768 LCD.  It works fine.
> >-mysql server wouldn't install.  package manager thought it was on
> >cd 4 and refused to find it on the dvd.  finally figured out how to get
> >yum to install it.
> >-couldn't find an apt package that would install.  Looked at howto
> >instructions on the atrpms site to configure yum.  Slightly different,
> >the info needs to go into it's own file in /etc/yum.repos.d
> >-I have an nvidia card.  because of x86_64 and the fact that nvidia's
> >drivers have _always_ made my system unstable in the past, I didn't
> >even try their driver.
> >-I have a hauppauge tv-radio card and a pvr-250.  Haven't had time
> >to try to sort out the ivtv issues yet.  Have had a lot of trouble with
> >this in the past, so it's last.  However for the tv-radio card, it seems
> >the btaudio driver is now called msp3400.  -I used yum to install 
> >mythtv.  it gave me the option of either mythtv or
> >mythtv.x86_64.  This made me wonder where that option went for
> >the mythtv-suite install for x86_64.  I installed the individual packages
> >for x86_64 (there wasn't one for mythdvd yet).
> >-instead of installing a database I restored one from my previous system.
> >This worked using the save/restore info from the documentation at 
> >mythtv.org
> >-mythweb wouldn't work.  The problem turned out to be selinux.  I had 
> >allowed the
> >install to enable it, and it puts protections on the web server (so 
> >that it can't do things
> >like talk to a database or run a shell).  I don't know enough about 
> >selinux to do anything
> >but just shut it off.  So in /etc/selinux/config I set 
> >SELINUX=permissive. The message I
> >got when going to the mythweb page was (included for search engines):
> >Warning at /var/www/html/mythweb/includes/init.php, line 62:
> >mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
> >'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) Fatal Error at 
> >/var/www/html/mythweb/includes/init.php, line 63:
> >Can't connect to the database server. Did you use the correct settings 
> >in config/conf.php?
> >
> >The system administrator has been notified and the problem will be 
> >remedied shortly.
> >
> >
> >stewart at flybaker.com
> >
> >
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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