Hi all,

I'm looking for some ideas to help me complete my
installation set-up.

I've just installed Myth on top of Ubuntu 8.04.1.

The machine:

- 3Ghz P4
- 1.3G RAM
- HDD x 2 (160G primary, 500G secondary)
- PVR-150 x 2
- Nvidia MX4000 128Mb RAM
- On-board Intel sound card - I only have three
PCI slots on the mobo and no AGP - so can't
install another sound card.
- I have a Hauppauge IR remote but am buggered
about setting it up (will have to wait for another
month :))
- Standard analogue TV connected to the PC by an
s-video to RCA (I think it's called) adapter.
- BlueRay player/DVD burner

I did start with a PVR-500 (dual tuner) but could
NOT get the damn thing to be recognised by
Mythbuntu - in fact it refused to install at all.

I have sound, but not through the telly (I can
plug-in headphones to the on-board sound and it
works). I'm assuming I can plug in a cable to the
on-board output and see if that works by plugging
it into the telly's audio input.

I can access telly via the Ubuntu desktop - NOT
what I want - with Xawtv - so at least one of the
tuners is working.

1. The text is slightly blurry on the desktop (I'm
assuming this is the consequence of my telly not
having the resolution of a computer monitor)

2. there is a slight 'interference' running on the
screen. I'm assuming this is the result of an
incorrect refresh rate.

4. I cannot get the machine to boot into the
lovely Mythbuntu GUI (with the big buttons that
say things like 'Watch Telly'). I can only boot
into a desktop like Gnome.

3. The desktop image is slightly drawn to the
left. I have an older analogue telly, so there are
no 'display' controls as on some LCD telly's and
PC monitors.

4. Do I have to plug both tuners into the telly
aerial? I'll have to buy a second adapter
(male/male) to do this - not a great cost of course)

Any help would be most appreciated. This is not a
'mission critical' unit :)) though my wife may
criticise my mission if I can't get it to work!

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Patrick

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