[mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP

Ian Forde ian at duckland.org
Sun Jan 16 19:21:26 EST 2005


On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 17:02 -0500, Tom wrote:
> Ian Forde wrote:
> 
> > The ugly:
> > 1. Not a lot of people are going the x86_64 route.  If you're planning
> > on using Fedora Core 3, expect problems.  Lots of problems.  You may
> > want to consider Gentoo.  So I'd recommend compiling myth and going with
> > CVS.
> 
> Well, I attempted to install on FC3 this weekend to no avail. In fact, I 
> never got past the initial install. I had a P3-866 board in my hand, 
> ready to pull the amd64 board, but I decided to try Gentoo for the first 
> time. I'm in the middle of installing it right now. Seeing that there 
> are major differences between the 2 distros,  I wondered if I could pick 
> your brain(s) just a bit?
> 
> Did you compile everything (ivtv, nvidia (if you have their card), myth) 
> yourself? Did you simply install myth following the install procedure at 
> mythtv.org or some other Gentoo howto?

Actually, I ended up sticking with FC3 for now.  But I must say this:
UDEV is EVIL. ;(  I've still got a couple of problems left on my box,
but switching to Gentoo is too big a switch for me right now...

	-I



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