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I have decided to start playing with MythTV. I have a Dell Inspiron 530 that I purchased a 750 GB SATA drive for so that I can use that HD when playing with MythTV.<br> | I have decided to start playing with MythTV. I have a Dell Inspiron 530 that I purchased a 750 GB SATA drive for so that I can use that HD when playing with MythTV.<br> | ||
My | = My Configuration = | ||
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2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM | ||
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= NIC = | |||
The first problem I encounted was the the computer did not operate on my network. For some reason even though the card was configured for DHCP it never was assigned an IP address. To overcome this problem I did the following.<br> | The first problem I encounted was the the computer did not operate on my network. For some reason even though the card was configured for DHCP it never was assigned an IP address. To overcome this problem I did the following.<br> | ||
Edit '''/etc/network/interfaces''' | Edit '''/etc/network/interfaces''' | ||
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iface eth0 inet dhcp | iface eth0 inet dhcp | ||
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For some reason my eth0 setting were not listed. | For some reason my eth0 setting were not listed.<br><br> | ||
= DVB = | |||
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=616103<br><br> | |||
There were issues getting the Dvico Dual Digital 4 card working in Linux systems but Ubuntu 8.10 now has the drivers built in. We still need to download and install firmware though. The file required is xc3208-v27.fw which can be downloaded from [http://www.ubuntu-forum.org/attachment.php?s=e0da2fb229c1ba164cd397f1eb49d3a2&attachmentid=82736&d=1219665844 here]. '''NOTE''': You will need an account on the Ubuntu Forums to download the file. I also copied the file to my WEB server [http://www.testforme.com/download/misc/xc3028-v27.fw.tar.bz2 here] just so it was easy to access.<br><br> | |||
== firmware == | |||
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wget http://www.testforme.com/download/misc/xc3028-v27.fw.tar.bz2 | |||
tar jxvf xc3028-v27.fw.tar.bz2 | |||
cp xc3028-v27.fw /lib/firmware/ | |||
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== firmware requirement == | |||
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sudo -i | |||
apt-get update | |||
apt-get install install mercurial build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` | |||
hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb | |||
cd v4l-dvb | |||
make | |||
make install | |||
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== remote == | |||
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dmesg | grep IR | |||
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You should see somthing like | |||
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input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input6 | |||
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Edit '''/etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules'''<br> | |||
and add this line at the bottom | |||
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KERNEL=="event*",SYSFS{name}=="IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver",SYMLINK="input/irremote" | |||
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reboot so /dev/input/irremote is made<br> | |||
after reboot in terminal type | |||
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sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc | |||
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scroll down to linux input layer then select it | |||
on page 2 for IR transmitter select none | |||
on page 3 select /dev/input/irremote | |||
Download [http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=83100&d=1219902910 lirc2.tar.bz2] from the Ubuntu forums or from [http://www.testforme.com/download/misc/lirc2.tar.bz2 here] from my WEB site. | |||
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wget http://www.testforme.com/download/misc/lirc2.tar.bz2 | |||
tar xvjf lircx.tar.bz2 | |||
cd lircx | |||
cp -R lirc /etc | |||
mv /etc/lirc/lircrc ~/.mythtv | |||
ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc ~/.lircrc | |||
sudo ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc /etc | |||
sudo ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc /etc/lirc | |||
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now restart lircd | |||
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sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart | |||
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To test | |||
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irw | |||
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[[Category : MythTV]] | [[Category : MythTV]] | ||
Revision as of 04:40, 23 November 2008
I have decided to start playing with MythTV. I have a Dell Inspiron 530 that I purchased a 750 GB SATA drive for so that I can use that HD when playing with MythTV.
My Configuration
2 GB RAM NVidia GeForce 8600 GT 750 GB SATA HD SATA DVD+/- Dvico Dual Digital 4
NIC
The first problem I encounted was the the computer did not operate on my network. For some reason even though the card was configured for DHCP it never was assigned an IP address. To overcome this problem I did the following.
Edit /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp
For some reason my eth0 setting were not listed.
DVB
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=616103
There were issues getting the Dvico Dual Digital 4 card working in Linux systems but Ubuntu 8.10 now has the drivers built in. We still need to download and install firmware though. The file required is xc3208-v27.fw which can be downloaded from here. NOTE: You will need an account on the Ubuntu Forums to download the file. I also copied the file to my WEB server here just so it was easy to access.
firmware
wget http://www.testforme.com/download/misc/xc3028-v27.fw.tar.bz2 tar jxvf xc3028-v27.fw.tar.bz2 cp xc3028-v27.fw /lib/firmware/
firmware requirement
sudo -i apt-get update apt-get install install mercurial build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb cd v4l-dvb make make install
remote
dmesg | grep IR
You should see somthing like
input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input6
Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules
and add this line at the bottom
KERNEL=="event*",SYSFS{name}=="IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver",SYMLINK="input/irremote"
reboot so /dev/input/irremote is made
after reboot in terminal type
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc
scroll down to linux input layer then select it on page 2 for IR transmitter select none on page 3 select /dev/input/irremote
Download lirc2.tar.bz2 from the Ubuntu forums or from here from my WEB site.
wget http://www.testforme.com/download/misc/lirc2.tar.bz2 tar xvjf lircx.tar.bz2 cd lircx cp -R lirc /etc mv /etc/lirc/lircrc ~/.mythtv ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc ~/.lircrc sudo ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc /etc sudo ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc /etc/lirc <pre> now restart lircd <pre> sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart
To test
irw
