From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GNze3-0002jJ-4N for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:25:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8EMNrV9001129; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:23:53 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8EMGbeu006504 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:16:38 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id p27so108745ugc for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:16:37 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=sJturc+LD1xJiiSzwzCIkj0Y5v2Mv0f/i8FiH4wN1YCfVszVabHHhQKHPAXvPeB/dlf2lVUO6MmHpXrcA1P6M824bnHjoYcm3S1BmrUvEGGz+EnIiE9zhOWIr/0NIty8BZNqdyryJbL5PV7v6u9Ao7zA/yqt76GJA6cfIbicXEU= Received: by 10.66.221.6 with SMTP id t6mr5088775ugg; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:16:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.245.16 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:16:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:16:37 -0700 From: "David Grant" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, waltdnes@waltdnes.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Setup questions for dedicated "media center" box. In-Reply-To: <20060911051231.GB11226@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_205015_453690.1158272197466" References: <20060911051231.GB11226@waltdnes.org> X-Archives-Salt: f214a6f8-c144-4235-9042-be53436a1ba4 X-Archives-Hash: acf41cb76d548102d35d7ebd6c788ce5 ------=_Part_205015_453690.1158272197466 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 9/10/06, Walter Dnes wrote: > > A few weeks ago, I got a new AMD machine, and I specified the > motherboard that came with the "Geforce 6150" video chip onboard. I > understand that hardware acceleration works with it. Separately, I also > ordered a PCHDTV card ( http://pchdtv.com ) and a PCI modem. I intend > to use the machine to record/playback TV broadcasts. I got busy with a > few other things, but finally got around to installing console-only > Gentoo (2006.1) this weekend. > > Now for the setup questions. In the portage x11-base directory, I see > > kdrive > opengl-update > x11-drm > xdirectfb > xorg-server > xorg-x11 > > I presume xorg-x11 is the standard X. Yep, that's all you need. Here's some more information. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_X_for_MythTV http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/NVidia/TV-OUT http://gentoo-wiki.com/Xorg I've gotten into the habit of > emerging a GUI app onto a console-only system, and X never shows up in > "world". It gets pulled in as a dependancy. Will this cause problems > if I want to use hardware acceleration? No, it's still installed, so what do you care if it isn't in world? Is x11-drm a direct-rendering > version that's faster than standard X? I'm not sure, but I didn't need it and I've never heard of it. Don't forget to emerge nvidia-drivers for opengl hardware acceleration. I'll probably be using mplayer > heavily, unless a showstopper comes along. Using mplayer to watch TV? Why not use mythtv? Is SVGA any faster than X? I have no idea but I'm pretty sure that's like asking if apples are better than oranges. :-) Since this'll be a single-purpose dedicated box, connecting to the net > only for updates, I have no problem running it as root full-time. Bad idea. -- David Grant http://www.davidgrant.ca ------=_Part_205015_453690.1158272197466 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 9/10/06, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
  A few weeks ago, I got a new AMD machine, and I specified the
motherboard that came with the "Geforce 6150" video chip onboard.  I
understand that hardware acceleration works with it.  Separately, I also
ordered a PCHDTV card ( http://pchdtv.com ) and a PCI modem.  I intend
to use the machine to record/playback TV broadcasts.  I got busy with a
few other things, but finally got around to installing console-only
Gentoo (2006.1) this weekend.

  Now for the setup questions.  In the portage x11-base directory, I see

kdrive
opengl-update
x11-drm
xdirectfb
xorg-server
xorg-x11

  I presume xorg-x11 is the standard X. 

 I've gotten into the habit of
emerging a GUI app onto a console-only system, and X never shows up in
"world".  It gets pulled in as a dependancy.  Will this cause problems
if I want to use hardware acceleration?

No, it's still installed, so what do you care if it isn't in world?

  Is x11-drm a direct-rendering
version that's faster than standard X?

I'm not sure, but I didn't need it and I've never heard of it.

Don't forget to emerge nvidia-drivers for opengl hardware acceleration.

  I'll probably be using mplayer
heavily, unless a showstopper comes along. 

Using mplayer to watch TV? Why not use mythtv?

 Is SVGA any faster than X?

I have no idea but I'm pretty sure that's like asking if apples are better than oranges. :-)

Since this'll be a single-purpose dedicated box, connecting to the net
only for updates, I have no problem running it as root full-time.

Bad idea.


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