1. Found an OVU400103/00 HP RC6 USB remote setup recently, and wanted to try it out with my MythTV setup. The
Ubuntu wiki entry for LIRC was helpful: I selected the "Windows Media Center Remote" as my hardware, and set it to a profile for "Direct TV". Also added
echo lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols to
/etc/rc.local , since I'm using a
2.6.38 kernel (otherwise, it'll double-click the arrow push).
2. I was having trouble getting videos indexed: turns out you can use "M" or the Windows-key on the remote to call up a control menu for Videos, Music, etc; I was able to
rescan and find the videos I copied in.
3. I need to get an AMD / ATI card working with OpenGL properly. I found a
reference for 2.6.38 kernel usage; and as of this past week,
AMD's 11.3 driver came out, so I should be able to make it happen. EDIT: use the
unofficial AMD wiki to help install stuff.
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4. MariaDB doesn't seem to work with Mythbuntu properly.
5. I did find
MySQL 5.5 in a PPA: try at your own risk!
6.
Mythbuntu 11.04 is in beta: use this to avoid much pain with kernels and PPA stuff; you'll still need to follow tips #1-3 as needed.
