[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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