[mythtv-users] Backend consolidation, continued...

[Mike McMullin]

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.