On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 04:54:32PM -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 03:57:57PM -0500, J. Donavan Stanley wrote: > > Well in my case I had zero issues, I built the driver, installed it as > > was ready to go (aside from my setting Myth to /dev/video0 instead of > > /dev/dtv0 at first). Then again, from day one I've done my homework and > > not tried to force Linux/Myth to adapt to my hardware and instead bought > > hardware I knew would less of a hassle. Every piece of hardware in my > > Myth machines was chosen after having researched things on the mailing > > lists. > > I would be keen to see your hardware list because I thought I did > pretty much the same thing -- picked a common and popular distro (Fedora > Core), the most popular video card (Nvidia fx 5200), a popular motherboard > chipset (NForce2) and other choices among the most tested (only the > pcHDTV-3000 was relatively new at the time) and there were still a large > number of issues. I was able to solve the issues, but that doesn't > mean there weren't many. So if you have the hardware set for a zero > issue install, I think many would appreciate a writeup. The main thing > I could see doing differently might be to go with debian rather than Fedora.
Now, see, this is fun for me. :-) I know Donavan from working with him here on MythTV. And I don't think anyone who's been on the 'net for more than 5 years or so *doesn't* know who Brad is. And I know you're both not cranks. And yet you have fairly widely divergent opinions on a question. I feel like Solomon. :-) To a certain extent, I think, this mini-controversy comes from the same place that I'm realizing almost *all* controversae do: difference of opinion on what the *question* actually is. And of course the whole thing is complicated more by the fact that the original poster's message was mostly emotional rather than factual. But I will concur with Brad: Donovan? What you runnin'? :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system adminstrator. Or two. --me
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