[mythtv-users] MythDora install

Sean Goodpasture goofygrin at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 00:28:04 UTC 2007


I just run yum upgrade /*myth*/ to upgrade myth only.  I did this in
September though too.

On 11/4/07, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 4, 2007 5:02 AM, William Munson <william_munson at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
> >  Gary Jones wrote:
> > > A couple of questions regarding a fresh install of MythDora 4.0.
> > > First, after a lot of trouble getting the installation to run (bad
> > > image? bad disk? not enough oomph in my PSU now that I upgraded some
> > > hardware?), I am getting stuck on the screen where it asks if I want
> > > to run as a complete frontend/backend, just frontend, etc. No matter
> > > what I select, it just brings up this screen again, and I can't seem
> > > to get around it to do a manual MythTV install either. I'd hate to
> > > start over again on this process because of the problems my install
> > > process has been giving me, so any ideas of what I can do instead
> > > since I'm so close to being up and running?
> > >
> > > Second, once I get this installed, I know I can use the OS's
> > > add/remove programs utility to install the SD-compliant version of
> > > MythTV, but it doesn't upgrade the plugins. I assume there is a better
> >
> > > way to remove the older version of MythTV and install the new one and
> > > the plugins, but as a MythTV-only linux user, I'm at a bit of a loss.
> > > If someone could step me through that process, I'd really appreciate
> > it.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance. While the volume of this list is a bit much for me
> > > to a be a regular reader, I have found it to be an invaluable resource
> > > in the past.
> > >
> > > Gary Jones
> >
> > First comment, sounds like you have a bad image or disk. Second comment,
> > sounds like you are not using the latest MythDora as that supports SD
> > directly.
> >
> > I don't think it supports SD (Schedules Direct, not Standard Definition)
> from the image.
>
> You have to run yum to upgrade from MythTV 0.20.x to 0.20.2+.  I would
> normally
> run "yum upgrade all", but there have been a lot of messages on the list
> the last few
> weeks about people having problems.  I haven't opted to update anything
> since I upgraded
> to 0.20.2 in early September, so I can't say whether this is going to be
> an issue for Gary.
>
> HTH.
>
> Craig.
>
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