[mythtv-users] Use yum-priorities and lirc?

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Mon Jan 4 22:29:32 UTC 2010


On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:04 PM, steve wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 4, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> 
>>>> Yeah, I think that Fedora install guide in the wiki (http://mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Fedora)
>>>> needs some serious updating.  In general it seems current as of FC10, which would explain the yum-priorities
>>>> thing, given your comment.
>>>> 
>>>> This makes me wonder what other advice in there is invalid...
>> 
>>> At a glance, a *lot*. I vaguely recall writing a summary of things that were no longer valid some time back.
>>> If I had time, I'd go fix that page up, but I'd need a lot of time that I just don't have anymore. :(
>> 
>> You mean you posted such a list here?  Or you wrote one up and saved it?  If you can send me or point me to that list, I will make the updates on the Wiki page.  I already added an edit warning people off of that yum-priorities thing. Email is networks1 at cox dot net.
> 
> Could have sworn I wrote such a thing in the past ~6 months, but a quick search of my sent mail folder isn't turning it up, so I guess I got nothin'...
> 
> Off the cuff real quick though:
> 
> - xfs is just fine these days, has been for quite a while now
> - the 'network configuration' screen no longer exists (see NetworkManager instead)
> - firstboot doesn't ask about firewall or selinux now
> - firstboot doesn't offer a display setup screen
> - firstboot doesn't have a sound card screen
> - yum-updatesd died long ago, packagekit has replaced it
> - FreshRPMs merged with RPM Fusion, which isn't really compatible with ATrpms
> - the modprobe crap for a soundcard hasn't been needed in years on any of my hw
> - you don't need to install ivtv drivers from ATrpms, they're included in the upstream kernel (and thus the Fedora kernel too) going back ages now
> - don't install lirc from ATrpms, lirc drivers are included in the Fedora kernel since FC6
> - lirc_mceusb2 is no more, it was merged back into lirc_mceusb (though a modalias exists)
> - the old ieee1394 stack shouldn't be necessary, the new stack *does* work with mythtv. at least, for some people. :) It should be used in favor of the old, if it works, only try the old if the new doesn't.

- gdmsetup is currently non-functional/non-existent, must edit some gdm config file by hand for auto-login w/gdm now. I forget if/when/how this is to be remedied...

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com





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