[ale] Mythtv Build-In

[H P Ladds]

Hey Chris,

Pardon me! After doing a bit of research, it appears that you would
certainly be one of the people I'd like to contact from ALE about using
Emory's facilities.

I was thinking that I would contact Harold Bieber. Am I on the right path?

Thanks,
Preston

On 3/20/06, H P Ladds <householdwords at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Chris,
>
> Thanks, the Build-In can use any and all brainpower. Your knowledge and
> experience will be a big help. Agreed, if your autoyast install is used, all
> bug reports go to you.
>
> I'm hesitant to directly contact Emory Law School to see if the facilities
> would be available for the Build-In. Emory is and has been very generous to
> ALE. I'd like to get the OK from ALE's organizers before pursuing the use of
> the Emory's facilities for the Build-In. Do you happen to know who within
> ALE I should contact before contacting Emory?
>
> I too get an ironic (rebel in the belly of the establishment) sense from
> attending ALE meetings at a law school.  However, the EFF vigorously argues
> in defense of "Digital Rights" and "Fair Use" before the highest courts in
> the land.  http://www.eff.org/legal/victories. Hosting a Build-In at a law
> school is entirely appropriate. Heck -- it might even catch the imagination
> and inspire a law student.
>
> Would a PXE install require any special networking equipment?
>
>
>
> On 3/20/06, Chris Farris < jcf at primeharbor.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've been working on a project to autoyast install MythTV boxes. My
> > setup requires a box that supports PXE and has a PVR350 card in it. I'll
> > be happy to install for anyone at this event - so long as you agree to
> > send me bug reports.
> >
> > I suggest we see if we can't do it at Emory. I find great irony in doing
> > this at a law school. That and the location is central.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 09:30 -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > > I've been hammering intermittently on trying to get MythTV to work for
> > a
> > > few months now.
> > >
> > > Mostly, I'm finding the whole thing to be very twitchy as far as just
> > > getting it working goes.  I initially tried to get it going on Gentoo
> > > and I got as far as getting composite input to work, but when I moved
> > > the whole thing over to the TV and wired up the output, nothing worked
> > > right anymore.  I then installed KnoppMyth, but just when I nearly had
> >
> > > that going, something I did - probably trying to fix something - kept
> > it
> > > from working right ever again, so I went back to the Gentoo route.  I
> > > let it sit for about a month and a half while I dealt with other
> > > crises^H^H^H^H^H^Hthings and I only just recently started working on
> > it
> > > again - I'm as far as getting X going with the Nvidia (not nv) driver.
> > > There is Gentoo MythTV info and there's MythTV info, and one kind of
> > has
> > > to pick through both of them together along with the appropriate IRC
> > > channel.  Timeliness of documentation is very important; you have to
> > > know, for instance, that you have to jump ahead of Portage to get an
> > > 8000-series Nvidia or no joy.
> > >
> > > At least I know that my hardware (TV included) functions.  One thing
> > > that messed me up was that different devices react in different ways
> > to
> > > having null S-Video input, so, if you're looking at a blank screen
> > when
> > > you think you ought to be seeing something, one must make sure to
> > > power-cycle the TV and perhaps the active switcher box in between it
> > and
> > > the MythTV box.
> > >
> > > I also had to do things like buy S-Video cables with rubber-covered
> > > connectors that I could whittle down in order for the connector to fit
> > > into the Nvidia card or the TV.
> > >
> > > Mike Harrison wrote:
> > >
> > > >>we, uh, go to bed early, because our dogs get us up at 5am.. so we
> > > >>watch TV from 7-9pm most nights. The other nights we sit out on the
> > > >>porch and watch.... the trees!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Porch and Trees.. One of my favorite shows!
> > > >My house: 1300sqft. My deck:  600+sqft.
> > > >The view: Awesome.
> > > >
> > > >-------
> > > >
> > > >   And that's why, although I'm bringing my MythTV box to the meeting
> > > >and it's awesome. It's also not been watched or used in weeks..
> > > >Nor has the TV Set.. It's just been too nice outside.
> > > >
> > > >But the next meeting, the really technical guy will be Jessee
> > Guardiani,
> > > >who uses his MythTV box a -LOT- and not just as a PVR, but as a game
> > > >system, web browser.. etc.. etc..  and has munged and hacked it a
> > lot.
> > > >
> > > >
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