RE: [mythtv] Problems with using LVM for large storage

2005-05-16 Thread Jon Wanderer
One of the main drawbacks I see to an LVM is the inability to upgrade a disk. If I want to pull a 120GB drive out of the LVM and drop in a 300 GB, it might actually be possible, but a massive in the arse to do. This is actually a straightforward procedure and can be done with your system up

RE: [mythtv] Problems with using LVM for large storage

2005-05-16 Thread Jon Wanderer
You got lucky. According to all info I found and my own attempts to recover if a drive fails completely all LVM tools will give up because the volume can't be accessed and therefore can't be operated on. If you were able to get LVM to remove the drive that is dead you would then have the

[mythtv] Status-ui.xml and keyboard issues with 0.18

2005-04-26 Thread Jon Wanderer
I ran across a couple of problems with my yum upgrade to 0.18 that were not present in my earlier install. Has anyone else seen these? 1) When I select 'Information Center'-'System Status' from the frontend it immediately crashes with the following error message: 2005-04-26 02:06:43.453 Starting

RE: [mythtv] [PATCH] Add more views to mythgame

2005-04-24 Thread Jon Wanderer
Personally, I'm never too keen on hardcoding stuff like this - for every person with 11,000 games there's probably someone else with 100 games or so who doesn't need all these different roots. I am. I hate having quite so many config options. There isn't enough time in the day to

[mythtv] [PATCH] Add more views to mythgame

2005-04-23 Thread Jon Wanderer
Hi there, I've spent a few months assembling and using my mythbox, and I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who has put this software together--it's great. I saw some room for improvement in the mythgame interface that the updates in 0.18 made possible and I put this patch together (attached).