Hi,
I installed knoppmyth VR5, and after 2 weeksof RTFA'ing and struggling, managed to get mythtv/ivtv to work with my pvr150-350 dual tuner setup and configged everything in mythtv properly and recompiled lirc and configged that for my remote. I was wondering if it is safe to run apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade on this system. Will anything break? Here are the packages that apt-get dist-upgrade wants to upgrade:



Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
alsa-headers guarddog kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 libcapi20-2 libgksuui1.0-0
libmyth-0.18-dev libqt3-mt-dev libsdl1.2-dev mythplugins x-window-system
x-window-system-core xlibs-static-dev xserver-xfree86
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2-common apache2-mpm-prefork cpp-4.0 dbus-1 dbus-glib-1 dmidecode
g++-4.0 gcc-4.0 gconf2-common laptop-detect libaa1 libapache2-mod-php4
libavcodeccvs libavutilcvs0 libcapi20-3 libconvert-binhex-perl libdmx1
libedit2 libflac7 libfs6 libgksuui1.0-1 libgtk2-gladexml-perl libhal-storage0
libhal0 libiw28 libmagick9 libmysqlclient14 libpostproccvs0 libpvm3
libquicktime0 libstdc++6-4.0-dev libxau6 libxaw8 libxdmcp6 libxinerama-dev
libxkbfile-dev libxkbfile1 libxkbui1 libxss1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1
libzzip-0-12 linux-sound-base mysql-client-4.1 mysql-server-4.1
openssh-client openssh-server php4-common readline-common ssl-cert tex-common
x11-common xserver-xorg
The following packages have been kept back:
jackd libid3-3.8.3-dev libmodplug-dev ndiswrapper-utils qt3-dev-tools
testdisk
The following packages will be upgraded:
adduser alsa-base alsa-source alsa-utils apache apache-common apache-perl
apache2-utils apt apt-utils aptitude at aumix autoconf autoconf-archive
autoconf2.13 autofs automake1.9 autotools-dev base-config base-files
base-passwd bash binutils bison bsdmainutils bsdutils build-essential bum
bzip2 cdrecord cloop-utils console-common console-tools coreutils cpio cpp
cpp-2.95 cpp-3.3 cron cvs dash debconf debconf-i18n debconf-utils debhelper
debianutils deborphan desktop-file-utils dhcp3-common dialog docbook-xml dpkg
dpkg-dev dselect dvd+rw-tools dvdrtools e2fslibs e2fsprogs eject
esound-common exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light faac faad
fakeroot fbset fdutils ffmpeg fftw-dev fftw2 file findutils flex fluxbox
fontconfig g++ g++-3.3 gawk gcc gcc-3.3 gcc-3.3-base gcc-4.0-base gconf2 gdm
gettext gettext-base gksu gnome-keyring gnu-standards grep groff-base grub
gsfonts gzip hddtemp hdparm help2man hicolor-icon-theme hostname hotplug
html2text ifrename ifupdown imagemagick info intltool-debian ipchains ipppd
iptables iputils-ping isdneurofile isdnlog isdnlog-data isdnutils
isdnutils-base isdnutils-xtools isdnvboxclient isdnvboxserver jfsutils
joystick kdelibs-data kernel-package klogd laptop-net lbxproxy less libacl1
libapache-mod-perl libapr0 libarchive-tar-perl libarchive-zip-perl libartsc0
libartsc0-dev libasound2 libasound2-dev libaspell15 libattr1 libaudio-dev
libaudio2 libaudiofile-dev libaudiofile0 libauthen-pam-perl libavc1394-0
libavc1394-dev libblkid1 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonobo2-dev
libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libbz2-1.0 libcdaudio0 libcomerr2
libcompress-zlib-perl libconsole libcurl3 libdate-manip-perl libdb1-compat
libdb2 libdb3 libdb4.1 libdb4.2 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl
libdevmapper1.01 libdm0 libdps1 libdv4 libdvdread3 libesd0 libesd0-dev
libevent1 libexpat1 libexpat1-dev libfaac0 libfaad2-0 libfame-0.9
libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libfribidi0
libgcc1 libgconf2-4 libgconf2-dev libgksu1.2-0 libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev
libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0
libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-dev libgnutls11 libgnutls11-dev libgpmg1
libgsf-1 libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin
libgtk2.0-common libhtml-linkextractor-perl libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cache-transparent-perl
libice-dev libice6 libid3tag0 libid3tag0-dev libimlib2 libio-stringy-perl
libkrb53 libldap2 liblircclient0 liblocale-gettext-perl libltdl3 libltdl3-dev
libmad0 libmad0-dev libmagic1 libmime-perl libmjpegtools0 libmm13 libmp4-0
libmp4-dev libmpeg2-4 libmysqlclient10 libmysqlclient12 libncursesw5
libnet-ssleay-perl libnet1 libnetpbm10 libnewt0.51 liborbit2 liborbit2-dev
libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libparted1.6-i18n libpcre3
libpcre3-dev libpng12-0 libpng12-dev libpq3 libqt3-headers libreadline4
libreadline5 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libsasl2 libsasl2-modules
libscrollkeeper0 libsdl-gfx1.2 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-net1.2
libsdl-perl libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss libselinux1 libslp1 libsm-dev
libsm6 libsmbclient libsmpeg0 libsndfile1 libspeex1 libss2 libssl0.9.7
libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++5 libstdc++5-3.3-dev libstdc++6
libstring-approx-perl libsvga1 libsvga1-dev libterm-readkey-perl
libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtextwrap1
libtheora0 libtiff4 libtimedate-perl libtk-tablematrix-perl libtool
libungif4g libupnp0 liburi-perl libusb-0.1-4 libuuid1 libvideo-ivtv-perl
libvte-common libvte4 libwvstreams4.0-base libwvstreams4.0-extras
libwww-mechanize-perl libx11-6 libx11-dev libxaw7 libxext-dev libxext6
libxft-dev libxft2 libxi-dev libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml-libxml-perl
libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-parser-perl libxml-simple-perl
libxml-twig-perl libxml-writer-perl libxml2-utils libxmltv-perl libxmu-dev
libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxosd2 libxp6 libxplc0.3.11 libxpm4 libxrandr-dev
libxrandr2 libxslt1.1 libxt-dev libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv-dev libxv1
libxvidcore4 libxxf86vm1 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 lilo linux-kernel-headers
lirc-modules-source login logrotate lsb-base lsof lvm-common lvm2 m4 mailx
make makedev man-db man2html manpages matrox-tvout mbmon menu menu-xdg
mime-support mjpegtools mkisofs modconf module-assistant module-init-tools
modutils mpeg2dec mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server nano nasm
ncurses-base ncurses-bin net-tools netbase netkit-inetd netpbm ntpdate
openssl parted-doc passwd pciutils pciutils-dev pcmcia-cs pdnsd php4
php4-mysql pia pkg-config po-debconf powermgmt-base ppp pppconfig
pppdcapiplugin pppoeconf proxymngr pump pwgen python python2.3 python2.3-dev
quotatool regionset rsync scantv scrollkeeper sed setserial sgml-data
shared-mime-info sharutils smartmontools sox ssh sudo symlinks sysklogd
sysv-rc tar tasksel tcl8.4 tclreadline telnet texi2html texinfo toolame
traceroute transcode twm ucf unzip usbutils util-linux v4l-conf vim
vim-common vim-gtk wget whiptail wireless-tools x-dev xawtv xawtv-plugins
xbase-clients xdm xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable
xfree86-common xfs xfsdump xfsprogs xfwp xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl
xlibmesa-gl-dev xlibs xlibs-data xloadimage xmame-common xmame-x xmbmon xmltv
xmltv-gui xmltv-util xnest xosd-bin xserver-common xterm xutils xvfb zlib1g
zlib1g-dev zsnes
482 upgraded, 53 newly installed, 14 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 236MB of archives.
After unpacking 34.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Abort.

If you are talking about R4V5 I can almost gurantee that something will break, though I couldn't tell you what it'll be.

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Xsecrets

Mine is R5A16

Not something I'd advise.

Why do a dist-upgrade on a working system? The only reason to upgrade is to fix something or add features. Upgrading to R5A22 would be a better alternative.

Well I was thinking of routine security and bugfix updates, that sort of thing. It doesn't look safe though. It seems a bit much to do a full reboot-offline-upgrade every time just for keeping out the potential security bug, is all.

As you are worriedabout security, I hope you box isn't live on the Internet. MythTV isn't programmed w/ security in mind as it "would effect performance".

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cesman

When the source is open, the possibilities are endless!

Well I'm behind NAT router that's not forwarding ports to the box from WAN, and mythweb is password protected thru .htaccess, and I'm running guarddog, so...

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My knoppmyth system:
P-III 850 MHz
256 Mb RAM
Hauppauge PVR-350 connected to tv via tv-out
Hauppauge PVR-150 in another PCI slot
using ivtv version 0.8.2 in Knoppmyth R5E50
PVR is both frontend and backend