On Thursday 27 March 2008 09:13:09 Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > Hi, I'm a long-time linux user (since the early 1990s, pre-1.0), but > absolutely brand spanking new to mythtv and digital TV cards. I have a > new PC set up with the latest mythbuntu (beta 8.04, due out in a few > weeks). I've been trying to get a Nova-T 500 to work reliably without > much luck. The card (as noted now on the wiki -- unfortunately not > when I bought it) has serious problems with the new Linux kernel. I'm running a Nova T500 here on Debian 2.6.24-1-686 with very few problems - 4 disconnects 2 weeks ago shortly after install but fine since. > I can't get it to work for more than a few hours at a time, and the > remote is even worse. I'm in London, with a strong signal (and a > booster too), so I don't think that's the problem. I'm just inside the M25 near St Albans pointed at Crystal Palace. ]snip] > I'm going to try an MCE remote, which by all reports > seems well supported in Linux, I was using an Igor device for many years but it always seemed too much trouble to install after an upgrade so I've been using mceusb2 for a long time with no problems. > and I'm ready to try a new DVB card(s). > Dual-tuner is preferred, but I can also just install two. A standard Nova T worked fine for me for many years and there are a few on ebay ATM. Andy _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
