Re: [newbie] Software Installer Hangs while installing mysql

[Peter Mann]

Derek Jennings wrote: You do have to load the correct modules. If your card is anything like mine you will need to load dvb-nova-cx, videodev, dvb-core, v4l1-compat, cx88-dvb. You can test these out by loading the modules manually with modprobe cx88-dvb (for example) and then look in lsmod to see if the module has bound to a device. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod | grep dvb cx88_dvb 5540 14 cx8802 7236 1 cx88_dvb mt352 6020 1 cx88_dvb cx88xx 48832 2 cx88_dvb,cx8802 or51132 9220 1 cx88_dvb video_buf_dvb 4260 1 cx88_dvb cx22702 5732 1 cx88_dvb dvb_pll 3588 3 cx88_dvb,or51132,cx22702 video_buf 17060 4 cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx88xx,video_buf_dvb dvb_core 74760 4 video_buf_dvb,budget_ci,budget,budget_core (The last number on each line tell you how many devices or modules are bound to the module, a zero means the module is unused.) If the modules are loaded correctly you will have a folder called /dev/dvb/adapter0 containing demux0 dvr0 frontend0 and net0 Once you are sure which modules you need, put lines in /etc/modprobe.conf like this :- install dvb-nova-cx /sbin/modprobe videodev && { /sbin/modprobe dvb-core; /sbin/modprobe v4l1-compat; /sbin/modprobe v4l2- common; /sbin/modprobe video-buf; /sbin/modprobe cx88-dvb; /bin/true; } The modules will then load automatically on boot. Myth requires MySQL to hold the database of TV programmes. If the install is hanging, do it on the command line to find out the error urpmi -v MySQL MySQL-client MySQL has to be initialised before Mythtv can use it. Follow the instructions at http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythInstall Run the script as instructed to set up the database. $ mysql -u root < mc.sql Once the database is initialised you can run mythtv-setup to configure the tuners and channels. Getting MythTV running can be quite a challenge for a newbie. My MythTV is running on Mandriva, but it did take quite a lot of work to get going. I recommend using the special distribution KnoppMyth which takes all the effort out of it. http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html OK.  A quick read has convinced me to buy a KnoppMyth disk.  Even so, it looks like quite a project for a newbie, but once done it will give all the features I had wanted and some that I've not thought of yet. I already bought a 200GB IDE hard disk, intending this as a dedicated storage device for TV. Thanks again for your informative and detailed responses. It will probably take me a while to knife and fork this through, and it is a real comfort to have the support of this forum.  Without your help (and the ongoing development of Linux) I would not have made it this far ; and although much remains to be done, I feel some deep satisfaction at the steps I have taken in setting up a secure and professional-standard computer. I find spiritual support in this demonstration that there are Some who actively choose NOT to subscribe to the dogma of commercializing Everything. Best Regards and a Linux New Year, Peter Mann