[mythtv-users] Gentoo USE Flags for Backend Only System

[Mario L]

RAID10 eh?  Never heard of it...... maybe you mean RAID0+1


On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:52:27 -0800, MagicITX <magicitx at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm doing the same thing.  My backend is an AMD64 with 4x SATA 300gb
> drives configured as RAID10.  I have 4x PVR250 MCE capture cards.  OS
> is Gentoo.  It has an ATI Radeon X300 video card since I will do some
> kind of video output even if it is only status information.  The
> system is up and running.  The only problem I have is switching
> between composite and tuner inputs on the cards (nothing coming in
> over composite).  I'm working on the frontend system right now.
> 
> I don't know how you will run mythsetup without X on the backend.  You
> can always populate the db directly I guess.  I believe MythWeather
> will only need to be on the frontend.  I don't have enough experience
> with the other packages to comment.
> 
> Since I'm "in process" right now I can't be a whole lot of help but
> wanted to let you know what I'm doing so we can compare notes.
> 
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:53:23 -0800, Richard J. Sears
> <rsears at americanis.net > wrote:
> > I figured I would break this topic out into a new thread.
> >
> > David Morrison said:
> >
> > -----------------------SNIP---------------------
> >
> > Here's mine too so you can compare which flags to use or pull out. Note
> > that this is my everyday box too so there's a lot of other flags in here
> > related to other things I use. Also, my box is an AMD Athlon so you
> > might want to change the 3dnow and 3dnonoex flags if your's is an Intel.
> >
> > USE="nuvexport ffmpeg lirc dvb divx4linux matroska dvdread theora
> > truetype encode svga xvid divx gnome gtk kde qt mysql dvd cdr dvdr alsa
> > acpi cups dga encode gphoto2 mpeg oggvorbis samba x86 -nls mmx sse 3dnow
> > 3dnowex mmxext v4l v4l2 network"
> >
> > Also, here's my package.keywords file:
> > dave at office Python-CSV $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
> > media-tv/mythtv ~x86
> > media-tv/linuxtv-dvb ~x86
> > media-plugins/mythweather ~x86
> > media-plugins/mythvideo ~x86
> > media-plugins/mythgallery ~x86
> > media-plugins/mythmusic ~x86
> > www-apps/mythweb ~x86
> > media-libs/a52dec ~x86
> > media-video/ffmpeg ~x86
> >
> > And my package.unmask
> >
> > dave at office Python-CSV $ cat /etc/portage/package.unmask
> > >=media-libs/a52dec-0.7.4-r4
> >
> > I needed the ~x86 versions of a52dec and ffmpeg in order to make
> > nuvexport work, so if you won't be using those you can remove them.
> >
> > ------------SNIP---------------------
> >
> > My intention is to build a dedicated backend system to handle the
> > Mythbackend stuff, and a dedicated (several actually) frontend system
> > that will be connected to my TVs. The backen will have the HD3000 and
> > several PVR-250 cards on a Dual Athlon system with 1GB RAM and 4 x 300GB
> > Maxtor SATA Drives. Video card is nothing special.
> >
> > From reading the threads, it appears that I do not need X on my backend
> > system as I can just ssh into the box and manage everything like that.
> > Is this correct..? Is they any benefits to installing X on the backend
> > system other than to have a GUI to more around in..?
> >
> > Second, do I need to install all of the plugins (like mythweather,
> > mythvideo, etc) on the backend, or on the frontend (or on both)..?
> >
> > Is there a breakdown of what needs to be installed on a 'backend only'
> > system and then on a 'frontend only' system, or do you install all of ti
> > and configure them different..?
> >
> > Thanks :-)
> >
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