[mythtv-users] Redhat 9

[Zak]

Jason Werpy wrote:

>On 8/19/05, Zak <onlydarksets at mahshie.net> wrote:
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>>Don't laugh, but I tried that earlier this week and ran into issues
>>there, too.  The ivtv drivers for FC4 *refuse* to recognize my Hauppauge
>>250s correctly.  It insists they are 150s.  I could live with that if
>>they were just misnamed, but worked.  However, I could not get them to
>>work.  I searched for an answer, but to no avail.  I tried the 3.x
>>drivers, but no dice.
>>
>>So...FC1 was too old, and FC4 was too new.  I'm hoping the "middle
>>bear's" FC3 will fit just right.  If not I will probably have to cry,
>>because .16 was working fine for me (I wanted to upgrade for better HDTV
>>support, but SD was flawless).
>>
>>Brad Fuller wrote:
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>>>Zak wrote:
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>>>>Not a direct answer, but I just tried to upgrade from .16->.18.1 on
>>>>FC1 last week, and it didn't work (mythplugins error).  Point being,
>>>>even if you were on Fedora, you might still have issues.  I couldn't
>>>>find an answer, so I'm installing FC3+.18.1 this week.  That said, I
>>>>am doing everything via ATrpms and don't want to build anything
>>>>myself.  I might have been able to fix it with a kernel upgrade, but,
>>>>frankly, I'm a neophyte at best.
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>>>>
>>>why not move on to FC4 now while you got the chance?
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>I didn't have any problems upgrading my box from Red Hat 9.  But I
>created a dual boot setup and started over with Ubuntu.  That way I
>could mess with it and night but in the morning the kids would have
>the old install there until I made the final switch.  It kept the KAF
>high.  You don't need to switch to a debian based distro, I just
>wanted to see if debian based distros were as cool as people say.
>
>There are some setup guides for Ubuntu/Debian out there too that are
>helpful.  The hardest part was getting lirc to work.
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That's definitely the smart way to do it.  I thought I could just 
upgrade, but I couldn't get it to work.

On a side note - as it turns out, I had the "warm boot bug" - simply 
turning off the machine and then starting up cold fixed the problem.  
I'm back on FC4 now, BTW.

It's a mad, mad world...