I am not a guru either (in fact, I'm about a green as a user gets), and I have had zero probelms with FC3. I think you warning all people off it because it didn't work for you is a bit premature, especially given the fact that a sizeable portion of the people on this list use FC3 and have virtually no problems with it. Glad you found something that works for you though.
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:31:59 -0500, William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I wanted to pass along my results with FC3 and it's new udev system. I have > to warn everyone who is not a linux guru to avoid FC3 at all costs. FC2 > works great and should be used instead. > > After a complete wipe and virgin install of FC3 and following Jarods guide I > wound up with a pretty much unusable system. The first and biggest problems > is that my 2nd PVR-250 would never work. Any attempt to read from that > device (video1)would crash the system. I was completely unable to get that > to work. The device errors out while loading from a modprobe. The backend > would crash for no reason and with no error output at least 2 times a day. > > Also other services like dovecot and postfix would not work either. I use > this machine to fetch and filter my mail too. (spamassassin and clamav) > > After fighting this thing for 3 weeks I blew it all away and did a virgin > install of FC2 using Jarods older FC2 guide (Thanks for keeping it around > Jarod). FC2 came right up, everything loads correctly (other than lircd > which I fixed with an entry in rc.local). The video devices are both present > and work. The mail services came up with the defaults and have worked > perfectly since. The backend has been running flawlessly for 10 days now. > > I am not a guru but neither am I a novice so unless you like frustration, > stick with FC2 and request that the repository owners (hey atrpms, are you > listening?) continue to maintain that release. If you use Jarods guide you > will definately want to install synaptic to find the latest kernel and > modules available. > > Of course your milage may vary but looking at how many people have problems > with fc3 I would say my results are pretty typical. > > Good luck and safe computing, > Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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