[mythtv-users] Fwd: which new OS for old frontend?

[Josh White]

"Myth compiles out of
the box once I have all the necessary libraries and -devel packages in
place."

Isn't that normally the case?

On Dec 10, 2007 12:28 PM, Greg Woods <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 22:30 -0700, Greg Woods wrote:
> > Seems weird to call a system that was in perfect working order a month
> > ago "old", but that's what I'm faced with.
>
> I ended up installing FC8 and purchasing an adapter to convert VGA to
> NTSC so that I don't have to mess around with TV out and the proprietary
> driver. mythfrontend and lirc work well on FC8 and Myth compiles out of
> the box once I have all the necessary libraries and -devel packages in
> place.
>
> The problem basically appears to be that the newer versions of the ATI
> proprietary driver, including the one from which the Livna package was
> created, do not support "older" chips like the Radeon 9100 IGP. The
> built-in "radeon" driver does not support TV out, although it does
> support my Radeon 9800 card on another system including 3D right out of
> the box on FC8, so I don't have to use the proprietary driver there
> either.
>
> --Greg
>
>
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