[mythtv-users] Gentoo n00b needing advice!

[Steve]

May I point you over to, drum roll please.....!
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV

Just follow this guide completely and you'll have a completely perfect
system, bloat-free and all. I noticed you said you have KDE and I'll let you
in on a little secret (well its not really a secret) KDE is way huge and
bloated and way more than you'll ever need to run MythTV. At most all you
need is fluxbox or evilwm. Read the guide. Trust me.


On 11/30/05, Gabriel Schønau Hansen <gabriel at schoenau.dk> wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>
> My first appearance here! I am a linux newcomer, so bear with me, please!
> J
>
> After totally ditching MCE2005 and XP+MediaPortal, I decided to do
> linux+mythtv for my HTPC. I started out with trying out knoppmyth and
> mythdora, but, tbh, they suck and was waaay to bloated for my machine.
> Therefore, I decided to go down the Gentoo path, making a linux install that
> was as small and fast as possible without spending too much time, and
> learning lots of linux at the same time.
>
> OH BOY!
>
> After 40+ hours, I'm on the brink of giving up! I have to be quite
> conservative and not use anything but a very customized linux, as I'm
> running on a Duron 800:
>
> mobo: Abit KT7-RAID
> cpu: Duron 800
> RAM: 3*128 MB SDram PC133
> GFX: ATI Radeon 9250, 128 MB w TV-out
> TV-card: Hauppage 500MCE
>
> Harddisk: Seagate 7200.8 300 GB ide-
> Case: Silverstone lc10m w. iMon remote & vfd(display)
> Netcard1: Linksys WMP54G netcard, wireless
>
> Netcard2: Accton std. 10/100 ethernet card
>
>
>
> Right now, I'm running KDE 3.4 on Gentoo 2.6.14-r2, and I am recompiling
> MySql cause it failed to emerge properly, making MythTV install fail
> miserably! Here's my USE line:
>
> USE="-gtk -gnome X acpi apm apache2 alsa berkdb clamav cdr dedicated dvb
> dvd dvdr dvdread gd gtk gtk2 innodb joystick kde lirc mp3 mpeg msn mysql
> mythtv openal opengl perl qt samba sdk server ssl svga truetype usb v4l wifi
> xine xmms"
>
>
>
> Don't hesitate and comment on it!
>
> Browsing a few digests of this mailing list and my experiences so far, I
> have reached the conclusion, that most of my probs relates to having
> wrong/missing USE variables in my /etc/make.conf
>
> If any of u out there with a sleek running Gentoo/MythTV setup could share
> their USE-lineup, I'd be MORE than happy for it! Possibly explaining why
> particular variables are needed!
>
> I'm really trying hard here, but being new to linux sure gives me the
> steep learning curve galore. Any advice would be much appreciated, as I plan
> on doing an article for other newbies like myself on a Danish HTPC site!
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
> Gabriel S. Hansen
>
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