[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth - getting KDE up and running

[Robert Johnston]

On 2/20/06, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> Steve Dorsey wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >
> >   Got KnoppMyth installed. Wow - that was easy!
> >
> >   I'm having a few IP issues. I'd like to install KDE on top of
> >KnoppMyth so that I can have a GUI that I;m familiar with, as well as
> >some of the GUI tools that will help me configure the system.
> >
> >   I was able to successfully install KDE once, but it broke MythTV.
> >I'm re-installing KnoppMyth now.
> >
> >   Does anyone know of a way top install KDE that will keep MythTV
> >working?
> >
> >
>
> For some reason, the Myth debs are compiled against a version or build
> of Qt that is incompatible with with the version that KDE uses....  (Is
> that right?  Someone correct me here....)
>
> The long and the short of it is that with Debian, you can't have both
> KDE and Myth on the same system....
>
> This is your opportunity to learn to use XFCE4; it' s a much better
> system....  :-)

Or to remove Myth, install KDE, and build Myth from source.

It's not THAT scary, honest. :)

And as you already had a Myth install in there, it'll grab all your
settings and whatnot from the DB all by itself.
--
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston