> Ive been trying to get MythTV running now for about 3months, and > with little/no success. > > I CAN see video if I use ptune/mplayer, so I have to assume my > kernel and kernel drivers are ok, its just MythTV itself that > seems to be the problem. > > I have been compiling from CVS every few days, and the last version > that worked at all was from the week before Christmas. I decided > to try the ATrpms (again) and I have had the same problem with trying > to install them this time as I did before. > > So, heres what I have, and heres what Ive done. Why does this work > for other people and not me??? > > First Hardware: 3.2GHz Pentium 4, pcHDTV card, PVR-250 card, SB Live! 5.1. > 1GB Memory... That should be everything relevant. I partitioned 4 x 6GB > Partitions on the front of my disk, so I can have several experiments > going at the same time. At present, Partition 1: compiled MythTV fromCVS, > Partition 2: try from ATrpms. > > OK, (1) Loaded Fedora 2 to Partition 2 of disk > (2) Updated Fedora 2 (with apt-get) from local repository to current. > > (3) got MythTV Kickstart, viz > mozilla http:// ATrpms.net/name/atrpms-kickstart/ > for Fedora 2. > > (4) ran > rpm -Uhv atrpms-kickstart* > > (5) ran > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > apt-get update > > apt-get install mythtv-suite > > This gives you everything(?) but the drivers, and thats the current > problem. > Im TRYING to follow the instructions, but... > > The instructions say > Check ATRPMS for the drivers you need. > > I click the button, and get to the site, I look under bttv and ivtv, and > pull the most recent (3) rpms. > > I try to install these rpms, and rpm comes back with a long list of things > that they depend on... > > Is there some way to tell either apt-get or rpm that I have these three > rpms locally, and please satisfy dependancies from the sites in my > sources.list? > (I dont see such an option, it may be there). > > As an alternative, I tried saying > > apt-get install ivtv bttv > > and it downloaded 40-50 rpms, but none of them were the kernel modules > that > I needed and trying to use rpm to install the three files I have still > gives > a list of undefined externals. > > So, If Im trying to follow the instructions (and not just use --nodeps and > try to fix it later) what do I do ????
Did you do everything in the "caputre card drivers" section? http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fc2myth.php#capture _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
