Guest Chucara Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I'm an experienced DOS / Windows user and a computer science student, who never really had the time to learn much Linux / Unix.. At a point, I did run Mandrake 9.2 (if I recall correctly) on my laptop, and could use it without many problems. But I never really learned how to set up a linux machine, like install new hardware etc. Naturally, this is a problem now, as I'm trying to get a grasp of Linux by setting up a VIA EPIA (mini-itx) system with a PVR card. - That is: install the ivtv driver and get mythtv running. Installing mandrake is no problem: it appears to have installed the ivtv driver, yet I have no /dev/video0/ device.. I have no idea how to even begin fixing that.. Can any recommend a book, website, pdf etc. on the basics of linux administration, specifically hardware installation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 how about rute http://wwwacs.gantep.edu.tr/docs/rute/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jza Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 There is also the option of MythTV live CD's they are much easier to install even better. You can download a video of how to set up all this explained by Kevin Rose (from TechTV/G4). I had that video it was pretty fun to watch it the page is: systm.org the live CD he recomends was KnoppMyth. Said that, you MUST learn Unix. I won't call anyone a computer scientist if they don't know a real operating system linux/bsd/UNIX. If you want to understand mandrake in general we have a FAQ sections which is a compilations of 'Getting Started' tutorials. This will help you tink with your GNU/Linux distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Why not begin on the tips and trick forum on this site? https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=24642 https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=25754 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) Good luck with your project. I have a similar one, and I have written some words on the subject: http://yves.gablin.club.fr/pc/linux.php?ar...e=hardware/epia (some of it is now outdated: since I got ADSL, I break everything :lol:) Depending on your actual hardware, you may have to use this site: http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/ or (if you're unlucky) this one: http://forums.viaarena.com/categories.aspx...id=28&forumid=1 Yves. Edited August 26, 2005 by theYinYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sydhancock Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 1. Hardware configuration and driver support changes so fast that google, usenet and forums will be much more useful than any book. Maybe you have found them already but the Mandriva distro comes with some excellent docs. Look under Menu -> More Applications -> Documentation for the Starter Guide and Reference manual. If not there then install mandrake-doc-en. Detailed and well-laid out, very informative. A couple of books that are very useful for using linux are 'Running Linux' and 'Linux in a Nutshell', both published by O'Reilly. Yes there are loads of info online but sometimes a book is just so much more convenient. 2. If you haven't yet set up sources for updates, contrib and plf then this is essential. Also set up online source for the distro as the mirrors have files that are not on the CDs. Use EasyURPMI to set up sources: http://easyurpmi.zarb.org or one of the many mirrors such as http://urpmi.notix.net/ if it's down. plf contains files that are esssential for playing DVDs. *Very good guide* to Mandriva package management and updating etc here on this site: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtop...498entry85498 3. I have to say that starting with MythTV is ambitious if you are unfamiliar with Mandriva and linux in general. Some people have got it working easily, some people really struggle. PVR is at the state that desktop linux was a few years ago and can take a lot of work as so much depends on the current state of specific hardware support. Here is an excellent guide to installing mythtv on Mandrake 10.1: http://www.byopvr.com/Sections+index-req-v...-13-page-1.html You've installed much of it but this should give you some ideas on things to tinker with on your project. Note that versions of some of the files needed are now in the distro itself or in other MDV2005LE repositories as well as in Thac's RPMs - you may need to experiment. 4. Some people strongly disagree but IMHO joining Mandriva Club is a good idea. It doesn't cost a lot, especially now that you can pay monthly. It is a way of supporting Mandriva as well as giving cheap access to full versions of the distro which are set up to install many features that the licences prohibit from being in the Free versions. Also good support forums. But YMMV... Good luck and have fun! Syd Norwich UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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