[mythtv-users] OT:Anything wrong with using a 2.4.x kernel?

aaron memoryguy at gmail.com
Wed Jan 26 21:16:53 EST 2005


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:28:57 -0800, Jason Weinstein <potuncle at gmail.com> wrote:
> After long trials on getting both my PVR-350 and HD-3000 working under
> FC3 (i think I tried everything) I've decide to start over again from
> scratch. I've decided to use Debian "Sarge" and would like to know is
> there any reason to, on my MythTV-only box, not use a 2.4.x kernel.
> The default install is 2.4.27-2-686, and if there aren't any major
> reasons for me to go to a 2.6.x kernel then I'm going to try my luck
> under the default one. So, am I asking for trouble by doing so?
> 

No problems here, running 2.4.27, with two PVR-250s. I considered
going to 2.6, but I think I'll be staying on 2.4 for the forseeable
future; 2.4 is working perfectly well for me, and last time I tried
the bootsplash patches don't work on recent 2.6 releases.

aaron


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