This is about the tenth time I am reinstalling KnoppMyth because something (new) seems to go wrong every time I install. Therefore I have decided to try again, but this time document everything I need to do first, and then have a go at it.

I have read through the basic instructions (although they are terribly scattered among websites--ugh, especially for someone that doesn't know much about Myth, Knoppix, or KnoppMyth. Anyway, on to the problems.

The first issue I am wondering about is whenever I boot off the install CD, I get a message at the top of my screen:

"Error: only one processor found."

I am not sure if this is indeed an error, or the kernel was looking for multiple CPUs and everything will still work. (Note: If this is true, someone please take the word "Error" out of that message. It should be an informational message (if that). When I see error, I am assuming something is wrong with my system as nothing about this is noted in the docs (at least what I have read through).

Second, what is the basic hardware that this thing will run on?

I have the following:

Shuttle SK41G
Athlon XP 2200+
AC'97 audio (on board)
VIA Chipset (I think-will double check)
1 GB RAM (2 x 512MB PC2100 DDR)
GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP (64 MB)
WinTV PVR 250
WD 120GB 7,200 RPM drive
TDK CDRW/DVR-ROM (48x)

I am using DirecTV's S-VIDEO out connecting it to the WinTV's S-VIDEO in. For sound, I am connect the DirecTV's RCA stereo OUT to a Y cable which converts it to a 2.5mm stereo plug to the WinTV's audio-in.

To to TV, I send video out via the GeForce4 MX's S-VIDEO out connector and for audio, I use the Shuttle's stereo-out (green jack) to go to my TV.

As I mentioned earlier, I get different results each time I install. I always choose "auto_install" which formats the entire drive and I make sure that all settings are wiped as I go.

Sometimes after installing, I get a black screen after running the INSTALL-NVIDIA.sh script, sometimes I can get to the MythTV menu, but whenever I try to view live tv, I get various errors. I will record them and post them here if needed.

If I ever get this working, I would be happy to contribute an updated version of the installation steps with more newbie information included (what I have collected so far).

Thanks.

this is not really a problem knoppmyth uses a SMP (symetirc multi prcessor) enabled kernel, so it is looking for multiple processors. It will however run just fine on one proccessor. Unfortunately this error is a kernel level error and beyond the control of the knoppmyth developers without moving to a uniprocessor kernel which would not take advantage of multiple processors should anyone want to use them.

That hardware should be just fine. The only possible problem would be that some via chipsets have a DMA bug with the ivtv drivers that are used for the pvr250/350 this may or may not be alleviated with the newest ivtv drivers, and does not affect all via chipsets. Mostly the kt133/kt266 and variants.

one thing I've found with my onboard nvidia2 graphics is that I have to have the horz and vert refresh changed in the XF86Config-4 file as well as the "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" option put in there before I run install-nvidia-sh script or I will get the blank screen.

Since I just reinstalled to day I will walk through this a bit.
I ran the autoinstall.
reboot I got garbled screen ctrl+alt+F1 login as root edit the /etc/XF86Config-4 file and add the appropriate lines as mentioned above. run install-nvidia-sh at this point the nvidia drivers get installed an X restarts. I once agian did ctrl+alt+F1 and ran apt-get update and apt-get install xmltv (actually on my box I have to run through the begining of the script that starts up in the xterm to get my network drivers compiled and installed as I am using the nvnet onboard)
Then alt+F7 to get back to X and follow the directions onscreen.

I have various other tweaks I have to do because of the two tuner cards I have (and they are in the wrong pci order Bleh I'm lasy.) but with only the one pvr250 you shouldn't have to worry about any of that so I left it out.

one other little tweak that I had to do this time that I don't remember doing in the past is moving /etc/rc3.d/S33lircd to S99lircd because it wouldn't start and use lirc otherwise. (like I said I don't remember ever having to do this before, so maybe I just jumped the gun a little.


I'm sure the devs would love some more detailed documentation.