[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth, too good to be true?

Steve Dorsey info at dorseygraphics.com
Mon Feb 20 18:42:54 UTC 2006


I have a P4 3.4 GHz system on an Intel motherboard with an Nvidia  
6800 (256MB RAM) video card - PCIE. 1GB RAM, 3 SATA HDs, 2 IDE HDs,  
and 2 DVD burners. Onboard Intel Ethernet and sound.

   Is this a good setup for KnoppMyth?

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On Feb 20, 2006, at 10:38 AM, yan seiner wrote:

> Blake wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, if it goes seriously south, you have less  
>> grounding
>> than you might if you did an FC4/Ubuntu/whatever install.
>>
>> (I really wanted to make Knoppmyth work but it installs  
>> beautifully then
>> goes completely black, no command prompt, nothin'. Nobody seems to  
>> know
>> why.)
>>
>>
> I ran into that....  Turned out to be insufficient video memory on the
> video card - this was one of those 'shared memory' cheapo boxen -  
> and it
> was set to 4MB.  Upping the video memory to 64 MB fixed that  
> problem....
>
> But yes, you are right.  It is an 'appliance install' - and if it  
> dumps,
> I guess it dumps....
>
> The thing to remember, though, is that it is basically a debian  
> install
> once it's done, so if you can find your way around debian, you  
> should be OK.
>
> --Yan
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