[mythtv-users] Backend consolidation, continued...
Mike McMullin
mwmcmlln at mnsi.net
Wed Jul 14 10:01:42 UTC 2010
On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 13:46 -0700, Clay wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 12:23 -0700, Clay wrote:
> >> f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:
> >> > > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:49:57 -0700
> >> > > From: Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net>
> >> >
> >> > > Fscking ubuntu doesn't lshw anymore so from memory, the hardware is:
> >> >
> >> > Can you explain this comment?
> >> >
> >> > I've never seen one for which lshw didn't work, including 10.04, which
> >> > is the latest release. What exactly did you try, and what exactly did
> >> > you see when you did?
> >>
> >> $ lshw
> >> $ sudo lshw
> >> $ apropos lshw
> >> $ apropos ls
> >>
> >> command not found, or some such.
> >>
> >> I'm sure it's just another byproduct of doing a net install after the CD
> >> install failed.
> >
> > Just a suggestion but have you tried to installing it?
> >
>
> I'm sure that would resolve it. I've found a couple commands missing and
> installed them. Probably others missing I haven't tried yet.
> I don't think chasing all the things missing from the install is the
> correct (easy) way to debug backend troubles.
It is your system, and ultimately your choice. I had so much trouble
with myth under openSuSE that I moved over to Ubuntu rather than keep
fighting things,
> The long version:
> I originally installed from the alternate CD. Everything was fine but I
> saw the drive I chose to do the install on had 3 years uptime on it.
> I put a fresh drive in and the install failed. (I've since concluded the
> CD was good once, since it installed, but it failed on other machines
> after that.)
> Anyway, I installed the kernel from the CD then installed everything
> else from the repos.
> Evidently, lots of stuff got left uninstalled...
I have no idea if there exists a Master Package List for Ubuntu, or if
there are threads in Ubuntu forums with scripts to suss out such a list
and install missing packages. Might be easier than doing a complete
re-install and update.
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