From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 21:28:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1CF016A403 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) Received: from mail2.dm.egate.net (mail2.dm.egate.net [216.235.1.136]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7303C13C44C for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) Received: from mail.it.ca (root@[216.235.7.67]) by mail2.dm.egate.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l02LStkT018545; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:28:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.it.ca (paul@mail [216.235.7.67]) by mail.it.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l02LStXL025856; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:28:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) Received: (from paul@localhost) by mail.it.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id l02LStsQ025855; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:28:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul+fbsd@it.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.it.ca: paul set sender to paul+fbsd@it.ca using -f Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:28:55 -0500 From: Paul Chvostek To: "Rick C. Petty" Message-ID: <20070102212855.GB37435@it.ca> References: <20070101202947.5a92d923@localhost> <20070102092741.GA93496@it.ca> <20070102200146.GD83431@keira.kiwi-computer.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070102200146.GD83431@keira.kiwi-computer.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PVR-150's infrared port... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:28:56 -0000 On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 02:01:46PM -0600, Rick C. Petty wrote: > > I wouldn't recommend either. A recent KnoppMyth would crash very reliably > on my amd64 box (with PCI-express card) within a few seconds of X starting. > I was able to boot into VESA 800x600 mode (instead of the nvidia driver) > and my pvr500 worked precisely 50% of the time, provided the system didn't > hang (which it did regularly). FreeBSD/i386 and multimedia/pvrxxx work > perfectly on the same box. Thanks, that's very good to know. I've been running Myth under various linuces for a while; after failure to get anything working in FreeBSD in early 2006, I settled on Knopp R5C7 last spring, with good success on a Dell Precision-something workstation (2GHz P4) and a generic NV17. The only problems I had were MythTV-specific and easily solved. I'll try the FreeBSD option as soon as I pick up an additional disk. :) -- Paul Chvostek