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get operating system here..
http://f*p://ftp.knoppmyth.net/R5/Cu...ppMythR5C7.iso
INSTALLATION
NOTE: North American users need to register at labs.zap2it.com using code 'TGYM-ZKOC-BUTV' (Letter O, not zero) and remember your login/password for use during mythtv-setup. DO THIS FIRST - otherwise, your tuner probably won't know the channel/frequency, and you will likely just see noise when you select 'watch TV'.
1. Set the system to boot from CD in your computer's BIOS.
2. Restart your system with the Knoppmyth CD in the drive.
3. At the splashscreen, press Enter at the boot: prompt if you do not have your computer connected to a TV via TV-out.
If you do have your computer connected to a TV via TV-out, type tv at the boot: prompt and press Enter. This will set your video adapter to a resolution of 800x600. You will still need to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to change the refresh rate or you can destroy your TV.
If you are using a 640x480 monitor type: knoppmyth screen=640x480 at the prompt. If your screen freaks out type Ctr-Alt-F1 to enter terminal mode.
If you are using an LCD monitor and the screen appears scrambled use fb800x600 at the boot: prompt (you can put additional commands after this as mentioned in the F2 help)
5. Once the CD boots, you see six options:
1. Frontend
2. Auto Install
3. Auto Upgrade
4. Manual Install
5. Reboot
6. Quit
Options 5 and 6 are self-explanatory. Here are descriptions of the first four options.
Frontend
This allows you to use the CD as a frontend if you have a MythTV backend previously set up.
Using the CD as a frontend is dependent on the backend having already been configured with MySQL listening on the network. If you are running Knoppmyth as your backend server, you can configure it as follows:
1. Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf and comment out 'skip-networking'.
Before: skip-networking
After: # skip-networking
2. Note that the backend will only accept the mythtv user with a password of mythtv.
3. Restart MySQL as root by opening an Xterm window and typing:
su
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
exit
4. As the mythtv user, reconfigure mythtv. In the Xterm window from step 3 above, type:
mythtv-setup
On the first screen of MythTV setup, change both instances of the loopback IP number (127.0.0.1) to the actual IP number of the backend server. Then press ESC to exit mythtv-setup, and restart mythbackend:
su
/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart
exit
Now that the backend is set up correctly, boot the frontend system with the Knoppmyth CD. Select the frontend option, and enter your time zone information.
In the Configure Knoppmyth Database dialog that follows, select No to change the current configuration. You should only need to change DBHostName from localhost to the IP number of your backend server: all other settings should remain at their default settings.
In the next dialog, choose either DHCP Broadcast for an assigned IP number from your router, or enter your own IP settings.
MythTV should then connect to the backend server.
Autoinstall
This will automatically perform a complete installation of KnoppMyth.
1. Provide the requested information in the various dialogs that appear after selecting autoinstall. Note that the time zone and current time may not appear to be set at this point: you will have another opportunity to set it after the initial installation is complete. You will also be warned that installation will erase all the contents of the hard drive.
If you get the error: /usr/local/bin/KnoppMyth-auto: line 608: / 1000000: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/ 10000000") this is probably due to your harddisk not supporting DMA, you are using a serial-ATA (SATA) drive, or possibly you have your hard drive in ide channel 2 and CD in channel 1. In the Serial drive case, your disk is not /dev/hda as KnoppMyth expects it to be You may need to start again and use knoppmyth ide=nodma from the boot: menu and in the case of an SATA drive ide=reverse. If both fail, check whether your BIOS comes up with a SATA legacy or SATA compatibility mode or similiar to turn your serial ATA into a PATA drive. If nothing helps, get yourself a parallel ATA drive and connect it as master to your IDE controller 0.
Another cause of this error message is not having a harddisk as the master drive of the primary IDE controller (0.) Rearrange the cables and possibly change the drive jumpers to fix this.
When you are asked for username - DO NOT USE MYTHTV - use your own name! The install already uses mythtv and using it again will cause problems.
2. After the initial installation is complete, the system will reboot into X, and KnoppMyth will open an Xterm window. When prompted, type the root password.
If the boot messages indicate that aumix could not load, and you have a AC'97 based sound system, read the related item in the Tips section below before you go any further.
3. In the prompts that appear, choose i586 if you have a Pentium-class processor, or i686 if you have a Pentium Pro or higher (or Athlon or higher). You can also choose to install remote control support (LIRC), and if you have an nVidia graphics card, XvMC support (but NOTE the additional installation steps required below in steps 5-7). You will also re-select a time zone and date/time.
4. Configuration will proceed, and the front end will attempt to start for the first time.
5. If you have an nVidia graphics card, when the front end attempts to start (the Xterm window will disappear and the KnoppMyth desktop will remain on the screen), you will have to install the nVidia graphic drivers. To do this, press <CTRL><ALT><F1> to exit X.
6. To install the nVidia drivers. Log in as root, type cd /usr/local/bin then type ls *nvidia* and then type install-nvidia-xxxx-debian.sh where xxxx is the driver version included in your KnoppMyth distribution.
7. After the drivers have been installed, then type either:
install-i586-x (for XvMC support on Pentium-class machines)
install-i686-x (for XvMC support on Pentium Pro/Athlon machines)
install-i586-lx (for XvMC and LIRC support on Pentium-class machines)
install-i686-lx (for XvMC and LIRC support on Pentium Pro/Athlon machines)
NOTE:
As described in:
http://http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/...php?t=1229XvMC only improves video display performance for systems that have an nVidia card, a PVR or HDTV card that performs hardware based mpeg decoding, and a slow CPU that otherwise couldn't keep up. You don't want to install it unless absolutely necessary since (at least in the past according to several mysettopbox.tv forum posters) it has led to frozen screens under a wide variety of provocations.
If you have an nForce chipset or any nVidia graphics card, and want to use its TV out capability, you may want to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and add:
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
More options are available at:
http://f*p://download.nvidia.com/XFr...363/README.txt . There is also a sample XF86Config-4 file for nVidia and TV Out in the /etc/X11/ directory.
Note to PAL users: This sample file is set up for NTSC. You need to change "NTSC-M" to "PAL-B" (for Germany, see other options at the above link). If you are connecting to a SCART adaptor, you also need to change "SVIDEO" to "COMPOSITE". If you have only a TV and no monitor, the first time X starts the screen will be unreadable. Press <CTRL><ALT><F1>, log in as root, execute "KnoppMyth-run -~" and answer all the questions. When it prompts for a reboot, Press <ALT><F2>, log in as root, create the XF86Config-4 file, install the nVidia drivers and X should be restarted automatically. Don't enter the root passwd. Instead <CTRL><ALT><F1> and then answer Y to a reboot. This should then continue as normal.
8. Finally, follow the directions for setting up MythTv that can be found in the MythTv howto (starting at about page 42 of the pdf version or section 9 "Configuring MythTV" of the html version). See for example:
Installing and using MythTV
Linear Mode
