[mythtv-users] Ditch FC4 for Linux?

[Phill Wiggin]

Torbjørn Heltne wrote:

>>On 16 Nov 2005 at 5:17, Blake wrote:
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>>>OK, I've spent the night trying to get FC4 running on my would-be MythTV  
>>>box, but there's some problem with the ethernet card (Via Rhine II, on the  
>>>motherboard). If anyone has encountered this problem and can steer me  
>>>right on how to fix it, I'll stick with FC4, but otherwise, I don't want  
>>>to chase down this bug for weeks before I can even GET to my myth  
>>>installation.
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>>>So, KnoppMyth: No. FC4: No. What's next? Gentoo?
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>>Why don't you just go buy a $10 ethernet card that's supported, and be done with 
>>it?
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>Just wanted to mention that I have installed FC3 and FC4 (also FC2 if memory serves me) *many* times on PCs equipped with Rhine-II. IIRC, these were all different flavours of mini-ITX boards. Works just fine out of the box, every time. Is it possible that your NIC is defective?
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Or, could it be something other than Rhine II?  If it's Gigabit, it 
might use the VIA Velocity module.

(I run Gentoo on several boxes. Some with Rhine II cards and some with 
Velocity cards... all work fine w/ Gentoo.  I haven't tried FC4.)

--Phill W.