[mythtv-users] Installing MythTV from ATrpms.

[Phil Bridges]

> Ive been trying to get MythTV running now for about 3months, and
> with little/no success.
>
> I CAN see video if I use ptune/mplayer, so I have to assume my
> kernel and kernel drivers are ok, its just MythTV itself that
> seems to be the problem.
>
> I have been compiling from CVS every few days, and the last version
> that worked at all was from the week before Christmas.  I decided
> to try the ATrpms (again) and I have had the same problem with trying
> to install them this time as I did before.
>
> So, heres what I have, and heres what Ive done.  Why does this work
> for other people and not me???
>
> First Hardware: 3.2GHz Pentium 4, pcHDTV card, PVR-250 card, SB Live! 5.1.
> 1GB Memory... That should be everything relevant.  I partitioned 4 x 6GB
> Partitions on the front of my disk, so I can have several experiments
> going at the same time.  At present, Partition 1: compiled MythTV fromCVS,
> Partition 2: try from ATrpms.
>
> OK, (1) Loaded Fedora 2 to Partition 2 of disk
>     (2) Updated Fedora 2 (with apt-get) from local repository to current.
>
>     (3) got MythTV Kickstart, viz
> 	mozilla http:// ATrpms.net/name/atrpms-kickstart/
> 	for Fedora 2.
>
>     (4) ran
> 	rpm -Uhv atrpms-kickstart*
>
>     (5) ran
> 	apt-get update
> 	apt-get dist-upgrade
> 	apt-get update
>
> 	apt-get install mythtv-suite
>
> This gives you everything(?) but the drivers, and thats the current
> problem.
> Im TRYING to follow the instructions, but...
>
> The instructions say
>     Check ATRPMS for the drivers you need.
>
> I click the button, and get to the site, I look under bttv and ivtv, and
> pull the most recent (3) rpms.
>
> I try to install these rpms, and rpm comes back with a long list of things
> that they depend on...
>
> Is there some way to tell either apt-get or rpm that I have these three
> rpms locally, and please satisfy dependancies from the sites in my
> sources.list?
> (I dont see such an option, it may be there).
>
> As an alternative, I tried saying
>
>     apt-get install ivtv bttv
>
> and it downloaded 40-50 rpms, but none of them were the kernel modules
> that
> I needed and trying to use rpm to install the three files I have still
> gives
> a list of undefined externals.
>
> So, If Im trying to follow the instructions (and not just use --nodeps and
> try to fix it later) what do I do ????


Did you do everything in the "caputre card drivers" section?

http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fc2myth.php#capture