[mythtv-users] Absolute NEWBIE, question about Linux

[R. Geoffrey Newbury]

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:13:40 +0000, Leigh Saunderson wrote:

>Aaron wrote:
>
>> Hi all.  I just joined this mailing list about 2 days ago, and have 
>> been reading almost every message for tips and tricks.


>To get back on topic, to get a Myth box up and running with the minimum 
>of linux knowledge, I think you might be better installing Fedora Core 4 
>and using Jarod's superb How-To guide ( http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ ) - 
>it's absolutely first class and you probably just follow it word for 
>word unless you're unlucky enough to hit a weird problem, and if you do 
>then this list contains a wealth of info.


Browse to:      http://gossamer-threads.com/lists

Bookmark that site, then search it for help about ivtv, mythtv and a LOT
of other stuff.

I spent a chunk of a rainy Saturday just reading threads in the mythtv
archive and learnt a LOT... even though some of it was old stuff, now
obsoleted by changes to the drivers, it gave a structural framework for
how things are supposed to work, and lots of hints about where to go to
tinker with stuff that doesn't quite work (such as the message logs,
dmesg, udev rules etc...). 

Geoff

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