--- Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/2/05, Ben Dash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip/> > > I'm using my xBox as a fully functional > mythfrontend, > > except for the remote control which I can't seem > to > > get working at the moment. > > > > It was fairly easy using Gentoo, although I had a > near > > vertical learning curve to implement a diskless > xBox > > mythfrontend where I leave the HDD untouched to > ensure > > that I can still play native games. > > > > It's very early days, I just completed the project > > last night, but I don't expect any problems. My > wife > > was out of town for the past couple of weeks and > this > > was a surprise for her. A couple of days ago I > had > > thought that I wouldn't be able to complete it but > > everything came together when I switched from a > 2.4.31 > > to a 2.6.12.5 kernel. I have only slept an > average of > > 4 hours per night for the past week and a half but > > it's finally done and I'm sure she'll be very > happy > > with it. If only I could get that lirc working! > i had originally planned on using an xbox as my > frontend and was going > to pick one up used. however my brother got me one > for Christmas last > year knowing that i wanted to tinker with it. i > immediately chipped > it and installed a larger HD and played with a > couple different > dashboards and XBMC. and i haven't really played > with it since. :) i > keep telling my wife to win the lottery so i can > tinker full time. :D > i just currently rebuilt my FE/BE system and am > retweaking it for ease > of use and added functionality. unfortunetely i'm > limited on time (as > are we all) and i'm no Guru so everything takes a > great deal of > research before i can do anything right. so maybe > by this time next > year i'll be in a position to start playing with my > xbox again. ;) > i do have one of the original Xebian distros that > came with my > mod-chip, but i'm looking forward to trying out > GentooX or Nassas > Xebian. ;) I became confused with the GentooX versus Gentoo issue and decided to go with straight Gentoo for my xBox. No offence to Shallax but I really wanted to keep to the standard OS that all my other machines use. I am sure that life would have been easier had I gone with GentooX but I learned a lot by not doing so.
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