Thanks Robert. I found that in upgrading to 10.04 I'd somehow aquired a few things I didn't need - apache2, mythweb, mythdvd, mythbackend?, mysql. So I removed all this stuff, and I've got down to about 315MB before mythfrontend starts. Still utterly unusable. There are lots of background processes running, but no single memory hog, so it's difficult to know what to do to slim it down much further.
I've booted back into the ATV OS and updated it, and redone the patchstick process. I've got a new install of XMBC running, and it plays back my mythtv recordings pretty well, so that's a stopgap. It's a step backwards though. Anyway, ATV needs linux reinstalled. Perhaps I'll take a tip from you and start with Xubuntu alt install, but it's a shame - I liked the "It Just Works"ness of mythbuntu. 9.04 or 10.04 though?? I'd got 9.04 running pretty nicely, will 10.04 play nice? I've had a lot of graphics related issues since I upgraded my other boxes to Lucid (ATI Mobile Radeon x1300 disco flicker/lockups/ corrupt splash screen, nVidia drivers broken VDPAU and wierd alsa problems). PW On May 4, 5:09 pm, Robert Baptista <rob...@rbcardiff.net> wrote: > Don't give up, Ubuntu Lucid can be slimmed down to under 100MB without > mythfrontend running (with mythfrontend I believe I was running just > under 200MB on 9.10 Karmic). I started with Xubuntu alternate cd which > made trimming down easier. > > Note: I ran Karmic only as a test on an atv with mythfrontend .22. But > since that had performance/timing problems with the new myth-ui, my > 'production' atvs are still running 9.04. At least until I switch to > xbmc and 10.04. > > Robert > > On 5/4/2010 1:06 AM, Paul wrote: > > > > > Don't do it! Not yet anyway. I had a working 9.04 (Jaunty) Mythbuntu > > installation on atv. I updated to 10.04 in order to easily update to > > the latest Mythtv packages (to match my upgraded backend) and it is > > unusable. It wants something like 500MB RAM, and there is only 256MB > > on the motherboard, so swap usage is crippling. I'm working on > > stripping it down to manageable level, but I do not know if it's going > > to work. > > > There are 0.23 Mythtv packages available for Jaunty here: > >http://avenard.org/media/Ubuntu_Repository/Entries/2010/4/13_0.23-fix... > > . I wish I'd just used those :-( > > > 8.04 (Hardy) and 10.04 (Lucid) are LTS releases with 3 year support, > > All ubuntu releases offer 2 years. So both 8.04 and 9.04 offer > > support till April 2011. After that, I don't think it'll be viable to > > run ubuntu on atv, but I might change my mind if I can slim down > > Lucid... > > > PW > > > On Apr 29, 11:04 pm, DFishburn<dfishburn.myt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Scott, you mentioned in the Grub2 post: > >> "As ubuntu 8.04 is required to get audio over HDMI and that's what I > >> use" > > >> 8.04 is only supported for 2 years I believe. > >> Which means 10.4 will be supported for the next 2 years. > > >> My myth backend is running on 7.04, and because of that I cannot apply > >> any patches or new software to the system. Basically it is too old > >> now. > > >> I have two ATVs, each running 8.04. I never knew HDMI audio worked or > >> I might have tried to use it. > > >> Couple of questions. > > >> 1. I was planning on toasting my myth backend and redoing it with > >> 10.4 so I have support for the next 2 years. I think this means I > >> might have to upgrade my mythfrontends running on the ATVs as well. I > >> was hopefully going to keep them to 10.4 as well. I doubt anyone has > >> tried 10.4 on any ATVs, has anyone? > > >> 2. Right now, my ATV connects to my TV via HDMI and RCA jacks to my > >> (cheap) DVD / 5.1 surround sound system. Even if I turned on HDMI > >> audio, what does that really buy me? I have the TV muted all the time > >> and only listen out of the stereo. > > >> 3. I never did manage to get the code to change the flickering yellow > >> light on the ATV working. Just wondering if it will also work on > >> 10.4. > > >> TIA, > >> Dave > > >> -- > >> To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en > > -- > To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en
