Install the Latest CVS Mythtv on Mandrake 9.1 today since I just received my new install discs.

I have this box running as my server and need to run LIRC with my home brew transmitter to send commands to my Star Choice Satellite box.

First I uninstalled LIRC that Mandrake puts in, and downloaded and compiled LIRC 0.7.0pre1.
Everything seemed fine at first, then I was getting weird things like root not being able to change channels, but a regular user can.
I tracked it down to the LIRC modules from Mandrake still hanging around.
So I uninstalled LIRC and deleted the directory
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/3rdparty/lirc
Then reinstalled the LIRC 0.7 and everything worked great.

“Windows hasn’t increased computer literacy. It’s just lowered the standard.”

I was having a hell of a time with single quotes in a SQL insert. I was using addslashes() etc but it would not work 100% of the time. So I just suround the text I want to insert in double quotes.

$sql=”INSERT INTO TABLE SET FIELD=\”It’s good to be quoted\” ”;

Then when I get data back I just run stripslashes()

Worked on php programming today, hopefully will get to more Myth TV stuff.
Had fun with an IBM Think Pad, they should warn how long setting up Rapid Restore’ will take. The old ‘Hurry up an wait!” syndrom again.

Well time for a beer and working on the diskless workstation.

Started work on my Mythtv diskles frontend today.

Got the EPIA M10000 up and running and booting with the help of Larry Matters article “Nothing but Net”.

I have creatd my custon Cramfs for it and loading and starting a blank X session. I have installed FVWM2 but it is not working yet.