On 4/13/05, MagicITX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/13/05, Michael Carland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Apr 13, 2005, at 5:49 AM, Matthew Phillips wrote: > > > > > On 13/04/2005, at 12:35 AM, James Stembridge wrote: > > >> On Apr 12, 2005 11:58 AM, Matthew Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> so although TV worked out of the box it was pegging the CPU until I > > >>> did > > >>> a recompile (takes 2.5 hours :/). > > >> > > >> Why compile on the epia? I just compile deb's on my desktop, transfer > > >> them over to the mythtv box and install. Much quicker :) > > > > > > It certainly would be a good idea to do that - if I had another x86 > > > box to compile on ;) My home PC is a PowerBook and I'm not brave > > > enough to attempt a cross-compilation setup with gcc (if that's even > > > possible). > > > > I can't remember what package it was, but I've had trouble compiling > > things for my epia on my desktop machine. The issue was that I compile > > for epia with -march=c3, and the offending package built a utility for > > itself, and then failed running it since the desktop didn't have the c3 > > magic. > > > > I'm sure there's a better way around this, assuming the offending > > package supports cross compiling, but being the lazy person I am, I > > just build everything for my frontend on my frontend. Sort of computer > > assisted procrastination. > > > > Regarding giving up on epia, I don't have any of the DMA problems, or > > even FF/REW problems (although the machine is diskless, so I suppose > > there are fewer DMA contentions), but I have had more than my fair > > share of video problems. Part of the problem is possibly caused by a > > problem with my TV (some picture distortion), but also video stuttering > > problems with live tv, which seem to be XvMC related. I haven't applied > > all the patches to .17, but I think I read there are XvMC VLD changes > > in CVS I don't have that are related, so I'm crossing my fingers and > > waiting for .18. > > > > I'm not giving up on my M10K yet, but if I knew then what I know now, > > it's not the way I would have started. > > > > -Michael > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > You can do a fresh Gentoo stage 1 install on an M10k in a couple days. > Most of that is machine time so it doesn't tie you up. The plus is > once its done you know your system will work. > > -- > Tim > www.magicitx.com > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
Don't give up on that epia just yet http://slashdot.org/articles/05/04/13/158226.shtml?tid=152&tid=104 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
