From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 03:39:55 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 6C5E916A403 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 03:39:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mraught@acm.org) Received: from alnrmhc11.comcast.net (alnrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.225.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462E013C44B for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 03:39:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mraught@acm.org) Received: from raught.net ([71.207.43.88]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20070103032805b1100k0fqbe>; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 03:28:06 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.2] ([10.0.0.55]) by raught.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l033RQgL006365; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:27:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <459B22B1.3040701@acm.org> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:27:45 -0500 From: "Mark A-J. Raught" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com References: <20070101202947.5a92d923@localhost> <20070102092741.GA93496@it.ca> <20070102200146.GD83431@keira.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <20070102200146.GD83431@keira.kiwi-computer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:39:55 -0000 Rick C. Petty wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 04:27:41AM -0500, Paul Chvostek wrote: > >> Unless you're already partial to DeadRad, I'd recommend KnoppMyth R5E50 >> over MythDora 3.2 if you really must use Linux. Neither of these >> distros is perfect, but KnoppMyth is alot closer to being functional >> > > 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. > > -- Rick C. Petty > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I know knoppmyth was having some AMD64 issues not too long ago. I don't remember the details because my knoppmyth box isn't an AMD64, but I think they have been resolved since. (I looked at the changelog but didn't find a reference to it.) -mark