[mythtv-users] Distro for MythTV, FC6 is killing me

[Iohan Reyes]

I have setup 6 MythTV boxes using FC5 by following the Hacking MythTV
book (which has large parts taken from Jarod Wilson's guide and the Myth
Wiki).  I have not had to recompile the kernel from source even once
(although I did need to download the kernel source to be able to get the
dvb-firmware scripts so I can use my ATI HDTV Wonder and AverMedia A180
cards).

I guess it just gets easier the more boxes you build.  But even on the
first install, it was very straightforward using yum and the atrpms and
freshrpms repos for everything (including the nvidia drivers).

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From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Richard Smith
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:26 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Distro for MythTV, FC6 is killing me

FWIW I have MediaMVP 0.3.1 running with FC3/Myth 0.18 just fine - it 
works so I am thinking long and hard before migrating to FC 6 and 0.20.

Rick

Trampas wrote:

> Yeap,
>
> I have followed Jarod Wilson's and the Myth Wiki for Fedora to try and

> set stuff up. However the Nvidia driver just would not work. On the 
> last reinstall this weekend, I started with a clean install of FC6. 
> Then I did all the updates, which included a new kernel. Did the 
> Nvidia install from the Nvidia shell script. I still had errors trying

> to get X working. Finally at least got out of the 800x600 mode, but on

> reboot it would not always load the nvidia driver, the message often 
> said that nvidia.ko was not found. Did some searching found others had

> this problem because Nvidia did a kernel mod on old kernel and not new

> one like it should. Tried to uninstall old kernel using rpm -e, ended 
> up with a non booting machine.
>
> On previous install, I could get the Nvidia drivers to install and 
> work until a reboot, at which point I would have to run the Nvidia 
> shell script again to get the drivers working.
>
> I have tried MythDora, but they seem to rename all the scripts such 
> that you can not get help from generic Myth wiki, thus I could never 
> get the A180 installed correctly. I tried KnoppMyth after the no boot 
> this weekend, but it did not remove the grub loader that Fedora had 
> made, as such it never booted. Also as I understand it I need Myth 
> 0.20 for the MediaMVP, as such KnoppMyth would not work?
>
> I am just about to the point where I am going to try Microsoft....
>
> Trampas
>
>
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> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] *On Behalf Of *CHRIS KOTTING
> *Sent:* Monday, November 20, 2006 3:05 PM
> *To:* Discussion about mythtv
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Distro for MythTV, FC6 is killing me
>
> I have used both FC5 and FC3 with great success. Have you looked at 
> Jarod Wilson's site?
>
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
>
> *On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:49:13 -0500, Trampas wrote*
>> I have been trying to get MythTV installed on FC6 for last month. My 
> problem appears to be that FC6 and Nvidia drivers do not play nice, 
> specifically I can not get the Nvidia drivers to install and work, yes

> I have read countless how to's and tried just about everything. I was 
> able to get the Myth backend working, but could not get play the
output.
>
>
>>
>
>
>> Thus I am in the market for a Distro which will be stable and work. 
> My system is:
>
>
>>
>
>
>> AMD 2700+
>
>
>> 256MB ram
>
>
>> PVR150
>
>
>> MCE remote
>
>
>> HD tuner A180
>
>
>> 60GB and 160GB hard drives
>
>
>> Nforce2 motherboard
>
>
>>
>
>
>> I will mainly use the box as a backend, but occasionally will use it 
> for compiling and watching TV on monitor. Thus I would like frontend 
> to work. For the main front end I hope to use a MediaMVP, which I have

> gotten to work with previous install attempts. Which brings up another

> question, does the MediaMVP support multiple rate fast forward and 
> commercial skips, and maybe a video time line?
>
>
>>
>
>
>> Thanks
>
>
>> Trampas
>
>
>
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