[mythtv-users] problems about MythTV installation and plugin develop on Fedora.
Jarod Wilson
lists at wilsonet.com
Thu Mar 1 05:45:16 UTC 2007
On Feb 28, 2007, at 23:08, Chua KianTeck wrote:
>
> Xi Jiarong <XiJiarong at sp.edu.sg> wrote:
> I want to develop myth plugin. I have some following problems:
> 1. Which version of Fedora can support mythtv better and adapt to
> develop myth plugin? Because I tried according to the instruction
> "Installing MythTV SVN on Fedora Core 4", but can't install
> successfully on fedora core 4, even fc4 is pointed to be right by
> that instruction, even I also could not insall Mythtv on Fedora
> core 5 successfully via that way. I also tried to download Fedora
> 6, but the download rate is so slow, and always appear erros when
> to be ended.
> Based on your e-mail address, I conclude that you are from
> Singapore Polytechnic. You should be able to download the FC6 from
> a local (Singapore) mirror. I downloaded mine from here:
>
> ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/linux/fedora/6/
> If you are downloading from a MS Windows based OS, use a good ftp
> program, eg "filezilla". As for me, I downloaded it with wget
> (from an xterm) and was able to download a full FC6 DVD iso at
> 198KiB/s (although I'm on a 1.5mbps ADSL plan) taking into account
> TCP/IP overheads. At that speed, I was able to complete the
> download in 5 - 6 hours.
I had it in my head that just about all of Singapore was wired with
fibre optics, which ought to make for a pretty snappy download from a
mirror within Singapore.
/me pets his own fibre pipe, which can routinely suck down 20Mbps
now. :)
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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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