Kirk Bocek wrote: > I'm starting a project to build a MythTV box for my living room. > Anyone else currently working with MythTV on CentOS 4? > > Here are some of the gotcha's I've worked through so far: > > - I was originally planning on using KnoppMyth. But their CD appears > to be only for i386. Without realizing it, the P4 CPU I picked is one > of the newer ones with the x86_64 extensions. It won't boot i386. > Thus, my plan B is going with CentOS4 x86_64 and installing from the > ATrpms collection. Here's someone who's already doing this: > > http://umich2.com/archives/category/linux/mythtv/ > > - I picked up a cheap Radeon 7000 with TV out. Wrong! Various posts > seem to say that the TV Out functionality is not supported by the > X.org radeon driver. It *does* work with the vesa driver though. I > just don't know if video and DVD playback will work with the vesa > driver. Does anyone know? > > - The stock RedHat kernel does *not* have irda support enabled. I > downloaded 2.6.13.2, enabled irda, and my motherboard's irda port is > found and configured. We'll see if I can get it to work with the IR > adapter in the nMediaPC case I bought. > > Kirk Bocek > > > > Kirk, I've got an X600 ATI board, and the ATI driver *does* support the TV out function as well as dual monitors in either horizontal or vertical splits. I don't use the TV-out function. I believe I recall seeing the 7000 series being supported. Might check the ATI website. Good luck.. Sam -- Snowman