[mythtv-users] VDPAU Feedback

Pieter De Wit pieter at insync.za.net
Tue Jan 17 06:20:14 UTC 2012


On 17/01/2012 19:15, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
> On 1/16/2012 9:47 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 1/17/2012 00:33, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>>> On 1/16/2012 9:20 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>>>> On 17 January 2012 15:56, Kirk Bocek<t004 at kbocek.com>     wrote:
>>>>> Unfortunately, for MythTV there are whole slew of kernel modules that
>>>>> would need to be compile along with the custom kernel: nvidia, alsa,
>>>>> lirc. Maybe some others. I think the effort involved would outstrip the
>>>>> benefit.
>>>> other than nvidia (which is trivial to install); all new kernels
>>>> include all the modules you listed.
>>> Really, lirc? I thought that was special. Learn something new every day.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> You piped in on my GT-430/CentOS 5. Regardless, that is a symptom of the
>>> kind of problem that will only get worse as time goes on and the
>>> developers of the various subsystems only develop for newer kernels.
>>>
>>> Figuring out my problems with CentOS 6 is going to be a better use of my
>>> time.
>> LIRC became part of the 2.6.36 kernel some 15 months ago.  CentOS 6 runs
>> the 25 month old 2.6.32 kernel.
> See! It wasn't my imagination! :)
>
> Beats the heck out of 2.6.18 in CentOS 5.
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Sorry - I have to - but Mythbuntu/other distro not an option ? I am on 
11.10 and, except for the lack of ram (2gig atm) I have no complaints :)

And issues with the remote, but that was because *someone* messed up the 
kernel mappings, got a work around in place that is easy to keep up.

Cheers !


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