[mythtv-users] gave up on the Epia

Craig Partin cpartin at gmail.com
Wed Apr 13 17:15:12 UTC 2005


On 4/13/05, MagicITX <magicitx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Don't give up on that epia just yet

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