[mythtv-users] Urgent Questions

[Nick Breau]

As a followup, if i decided to use the 2600mhz machine as a frontend/backend
combinations (single PC solution) could i also use this PC as a standard
desktop through the TV; would there be any disadvantages to this ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Breau" <nkbreau at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Urgent Questions


> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if someone can provide me with some information about a
> frontend backend architecture for implementing MythTV.  I have been
reading
> up and looking into a MythTV solution and think I may finally take the
> plunge since last night I installed an IE6 security patch on my dekstop
and
> my PC is now non-functional - time to go back to redhat.
>
> My question is wether I can use the following two PC's for a
> frontend-backend solution and what I may be missing in order to complete
the
> setup.  I know I will need to add a tuner card (PVR250?) to the backend
box,
> but will i need anything else ?
>
> Backend - RH9, Athlon 2600mhz, 512RAM, MSI video card
> Frontend (good enough?) -  P2-400, 256RAM, 10gig hdd, old
ATI-All-in-wonder
> video card
> (If this frontend isn't powerfull enough, what would be minimum
requirements
> ? Could I implement a solution without a harddrive for the frontend ?)
>
>
> thanks for the response... If I can confirm that these PC's should come
> close to doing the trick I'll definetly install Redhat tonight, otherwise
> may have to stick with windows....
>
>
> Nick.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Estabrooks" <greg at phaze.org>
> To: <parzamendi at sbcglobal.net>; "Discussion about mythtv"
> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] SlackwareI
>
>
> > > the qt. I spent about an hour trying to figure it out. I downloaded
the
> qt
> > > package from current and it fixed it. On another note I had to remove
> the
> > > Slackware package for ALAS and rebuild it source for my SB live card.
> Other
> >
> >  In order to use the Slackware provided QT all you need to do
> > is add the path "/usr/lib/qt/plugins/sqldrivers" to your /etc/ld.so.conf
> > file and run ldconfig to rebuild the library list. Without that path QT
> > was failing to find the library libqsqlmysql.so. A quick strace if the
> > process showed what it was failing to find :)
> >
> >
> >
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