[mythtv-users] From bad to worse...

[Ben Bucksch]

JC: try the following:

   1. Check where you installed the self-compiled QT. Maybe the source
      even offers a "make uninstall", but otherwise, go to the location
      where "make install" installed all the qt libs (/usr/local/
      usually) and manually delete all traces of QT there. (If it
      installed to /usr/, then you have a severe problem.)
   2. Undo any installation of QT packages you did to any non-standard
      locations. Install the original Mandrake QT packages, in the
      default way (probably to /usr/).

I don't know, if that will work. If you messed it up too badly, you 
might be better off to save your /home and maybe /etc dirs and reinstall 
from scatch - your installation is not so old yet.

    * The audio stuff is unrelated to QT, but probably related to your
      custom kernel. Either fix it there or install the custom kernel
      again (I'd suggest the former, if you are willing to invest the time.)
    * Next time you compile something yourself, make sure that it
      installs to /usr/local/, so that you can easily separate it (and
      uninstall, if needed) from the standard stuff of your distro, in
      cases like those.
    * There are clear warnings in the HOWTO that MythTV CVS is meant for
      developers only, not even advanced users. Given Isaac's recent
      statements on the list and checkins, I'd say that's true, it's
      really only for the most adventurous people. In fact, although I
      do work on MythTV, I find it too unstable to use CVS HEAD
      unchecked myself.