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

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Johnny Walker wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> 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 I vaguely recall writing a summary of things that were no longer valid some time back.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...
>> 
> 
> So should the ATrpms site be added as a source or not? If so - should
> yum-repositories-prioroties no longer be used?

Add either RPM Fusion or ATrpms, but not both. I've never used any yum-repositories-priorities in my life, so I'm going to say its not needed. Might be useful if for some insane reason you did want to run with both RPM Fusion and ATrpms repos enabled.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com