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==General==
 
==General==
I'm curious to know if the intent of this page is to ''supercede'' [http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php Wilsonet Fedora Myth(TV)ology].  Does Jarod know about it?  Is there a point to updating this page (meaning, will it continue to get updated?)  BTW, I'm asking all this because I'm interested in contributing, but I don't see much point in doing so if Jarod is not onboard himself and will be maintaining his own page seperately. --[[User:Aagha|Aagha]] 13:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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* Yes, it makes no sense if the pages are not updated regularly, but... we should not rely on one particular person's page.  Turning it into a wiki will allow the community to contribute to the docs.
 
* I actually did a complete installed based on these instructions and they worked great.  I would argue that the wiki is a better forum since I was able to tune a few things I ran into myself.
 
* I'm willing to start the work to update this for Fedora 7 - Any objections? -[[User:btrapp|btrapp]] 10:03 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 
 
* I added some notes to help with changes in Fedora 11 -[[User:Infiltrator|Infiltrator]] 13:03 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 
* I added some notes to help with changes in Fedora 11 -[[User:Infiltrator|Infiltrator]] 13:03 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 
==Hardware==
 
I removed the empty hardware section because there are no special hardware requirements for Fedora and it is covered elseware in the wiki.  If special hardware is a consideration it should probably be added as a footnote or a seperate page.
 
  
 
==Split==
 
==Split==
 
Should probably split this into different docs for the different fedora releases.
 
Should probably split this into different docs for the different fedora releases.
 
# Hmm, but if there are no kernel modules or rpms for older versions what's the point?
 
# Hmm, but if there are no kernel modules or rpms for older versions what's the point?
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Older versions past the previous version aren't updated, thus notes on the previous version are the only ones that should be kept.
  
==Fill out Capture Card Section==
 
This is a reminder to fill out the Capture Card Section.  I'll probably do it when I get a chance for the ivtv driver.
 
  
 
==Add section to enable remote desktop access==
 
==Add section to enable remote desktop access==
Basically enable the remote desktop access, so that users can VNC into the box.  This is very helpful and simple to do in fc6.
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Basically enable the remote desktop access, so that users can VNC into the box.  
  
 
== Suggestions ==
 
== Suggestions ==
  
I recently went through a FC6 install (heavily influenced by Jarod's guide). Couple things that might be helpful:
 
 
- Kernel Issue: there's no mention of the bug where FC6 incorrectly installs the 586 kernel instead of 686 (see info [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common here] for details). I performed the install "from scratch" multiple times on the same machine and encountered this issue during several of those installs. No rhyme or reason as far as I can tell. Might want to mention it, since it seems like it's pretty common.
 
 
- nVidia Drivers: while the 8776 drivers will install okay, if one wishes to go with the 9629 version, the install from ATRpms was a little lumpy. Could be me, but every time I installed 9629, X wouldn't fire back up on restart. Had to log in console and roll-back to previous xorg.conf (or re-tweak it). I had no problems with the 9629 package from Livna, however. But Livna doesn't play nice with ATRpms/Freshrpms during later installs. I finally followed a process where I completed the initial FC6, performed the upgrade, added the Livna repos, install nVidia 9629, remove Livna, add ATRpms and Freshrpms, continue install.
 
 
- FC7 install on the weekend required me to add 'nvidia-graphics' rather than just the kernel module, to get the X drivers in place. Also the package http://avi.alkalay.net/software/webcore-fonts/webcore-fonts-3.0-1.noarch.rpm was required to make the menus come up correctly
 
 
Thanks for your efforts!
 
  
 
== ATRPMS ==
 
== ATRPMS ==
  
Under no circumstances should this guide be telling people to install ATRPMS repo, because it can severely damage a fedora install.  
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ATrpms can cause problems for a Fedora install, but it is one of only three valid ways to install MythTV. (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnMahowald/ATrpmsWarning)
 
 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnMahowald/ATrpmsWarning
 
  
I'm going to comment out the line doing so. This may break these instructions, but that's better than breaking people's fedora installs. --[[User:Barberio|Barberio]] 11:56, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 
  
 
== MythTV for newbies ==
 
== MythTV for newbies ==
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- Getting Fedora: by default, Fedora offers live CD packages.  These don't allow some of the customizations recommended on this wiki.  I would recommend to guide the user to the "Show me all download options page" (http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all) and download the full installation DVD.
 
- Getting Fedora: by default, Fedora offers live CD packages.  These don't allow some of the customizations recommended on this wiki.  I would recommend to guide the user to the "Show me all download options page" (http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all) and download the full installation DVD.
 
- At some point in history, it seems that Fedora changed the layout (or in my ignorance I couldn't find the right stuff).  I couldn't find the "Control Center".
 
 
- As indicated in the Wiki, there seems to be a dependency problem between PIL and python-imaging.  When trying to install PIL (after removing python-imaging), the package wasn't found.  The solution was to download and install the rpm itself (http://atrpms.net/dist/f10/PIL/).
 
  
 
- The $KVER variable wasn't working for me (again, maybe because of my ignorance).  I had to remove the '\' from the command line.  Also, in most instances where $KVER was used, the intended package was not found.  For example # yum install lirc-kmdl-$KVER yields the following error message: "No package lirc-kdml-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 available).
 
- The $KVER variable wasn't working for me (again, maybe because of my ignorance).  I had to remove the '\' from the command line.  Also, in most instances where $KVER was used, the intended package was not found.  For example # yum install lirc-kmdl-$KVER yields the following error message: "No package lirc-kdml-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 available).

Revision as of 05:29, 5 January 2010

General

  • I added some notes to help with changes in Fedora 11 -Infiltrator 13:03 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Split

Should probably split this into different docs for the different fedora releases.

  1. Hmm, but if there are no kernel modules or rpms for older versions what's the point?

Older versions past the previous version aren't updated, thus notes on the previous version are the only ones that should be kept.


Add section to enable remote desktop access

Basically enable the remote desktop access, so that users can VNC into the box.

Suggestions

ATRPMS

ATrpms can cause problems for a Fedora install, but it is one of only three valid ways to install MythTV. (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnMahowald/ATrpmsWarning)


MythTV for newbies

I am going through a new install of MythTV on FC10. I am a newbie to Fedora and had some difficulties following some of the instructions. Some things that would help newbies:

- Getting Fedora: by default, Fedora offers live CD packages. These don't allow some of the customizations recommended on this wiki. I would recommend to guide the user to the "Show me all download options page" (http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all) and download the full installation DVD.

- The $KVER variable wasn't working for me (again, maybe because of my ignorance). I had to remove the '\' from the command line. Also, in most instances where $KVER was used, the intended package was not found. For example # yum install lirc-kmdl-$KVER yields the following error message: "No package lirc-kdml-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 available).