[mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia

[MagicITX]

On 4/13/05, Michael Carland <mcarland at bitsgonewild.net> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 13, 2005, at 5:49 AM, Matthew Phillips wrote:
> 
> > On 13/04/2005, at 12:35 AM, James Stembridge wrote:
> >> On Apr 12, 2005 11:58 AM, Matthew Phillips <mythtv at mattp.name> wrote:
> >>> so although TV worked out of the box it was pegging the CPU until I
> >>> did
> >>> a recompile (takes 2.5 hours :/).
> >>
> >> Why compile on the epia? I just compile deb's on my desktop, transfer
> >> them over to the mythtv box and install. Much quicker :)
> >
> > It certainly would be a good idea to do that - if I had another x86
> > box to compile on ;) My home PC is a PowerBook and I'm not brave
> > enough to attempt a cross-compilation setup with gcc (if that's even
> > possible).
> 
> I can't remember what package it was, but I've had trouble compiling
> things for my epia on my desktop machine. The issue was that I compile
> for epia with -march=c3, and the offending package built a utility for
> itself, and then failed running it since the desktop didn't have the c3
> magic.
> 
> I'm sure there's a better way around this, assuming the offending
> package supports cross compiling, but being the lazy person I am, I
> just build everything for my frontend on my frontend. Sort of computer
> assisted procrastination.
> 
> Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or
> even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose
> there are fewer DMA contentions), but I have had more than my fair
> share of video problems. Part of the problem is possibly caused by a
> problem with my TV (some picture distortion), but also video stuttering
> problems with live tv, which seem to be XvMC related. I haven't applied
> all the patches to .17, but I think I read there are XvMC VLD changes
> in CVS I don't have that are related, so I'm crossing my fingers and
> waiting for .18.
> 
> I'm not giving up on my M10K yet, but if I knew then what I know now,
> it's not the way I would have started.
> 
> -Michael
> 
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You can do a fresh Gentoo stage 1 install on an M10k in a couple days.
 Most of that is machine time so it doesn't tie you up.  The plus is
once its done you know your system will work.

-- 
Tim
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