On 11/2/05, Ben Dash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.
i'll have to look at the differences between them. my understanding was that GentooX was tailored a bit more for the xbox hardware and allowed for easier updating without accidentally introducing a package that would make your OS crap out. ie. Xorg over XFree86... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
