As far as distro is concerened, I can't speak warmly enough of kanotix. It's a debian/knoppix variant based on sid, and has a 64 bit version that works straight off. Just boot up in vga mode (grub extras menu) and you'll get x on your tv straight away. Save your XF86Config-4 to a safe place before you start messing around to improve it :-).
HD install is a doddle. Everything works, and there are even scripts available to build/install extra software you will need. Heartily recommended! >-- Original Message -- >Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:21:16 -0500 >From: Bill Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] using my tv as a monitor at all times? >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> > > >Martin wrote: >Greetings, > >I've been looking, real hard, at putting together my own MythTV system and I have a question I >can't find an answer to. I am looking at buying a > >http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=18268 > >because it's small, fast, and quiet. Besides a tv-tuner card it also needs a graphics card, >preferably with tv-out. What I'd really like to be able to do is: Insert the wire from my tv into >the tv-out of the graphics card and use my tv as a moni >or during setup, and for any other reason. >This way I wouldn't ever need to put a monitor on it to see what is wrong with it or spend time >going back and forth between tv and monitor during setup. I would just be able to get a console on >my tv, a >d their should of course also be a boot sequence visible on the screen. Of course I also >want a graphics card with good tv-out. Does anyone know if this is possible, or am I just >dreaming? > >Regards, >Martin > >_______________________________ >__________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >____________________________________ >__________ >mythtv-users mailing list >mythtv-users@mythtv.org >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > As long as your distro does not use X for the graphical install, or you forgo the grapical install, you should be ok w >th an nVidia card with tv-out. I've used several different cards and the all worked fine on tv-out until you try to start X, that's when things get tricky (well, you need the right settings at least). -Bill _________________________________ >_____________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Registered Linux user
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