<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Jason Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:killerkiwi2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">killerkiwi2005@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>+1 for mythbuntu if only for the ppa's makes upgrading from 0.25, 0.26 to 0.27 very easy<br><br>
</div>Using raspbmc on an raspberry pi the myth plugin works well, can't say I use the scheduler though<br></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>I went from 0.25 to 0.27 in my house on Saturday. On the mythbuntu 12.04 machines the update was seamless:<br>
<br></div><div>1. (backend only) run /etc/cron.weekly/mythtv-database to make a backup of the dB. Stop the backend with sudo service mythtv-backend stop<br><br></div><div>2. ssh -Y into the machine and run gksudo mythbuntu-control-centre, choose 0.27 in the repositories tab and apply, then quit. Stop the frontend. <br>
<br></div><div>3. Using ssh run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -V to get the new versions (-V gives you a sanity check on versions. dist-upgrade is needed to get the new myth-lib version.<br><br></div><div>
4. Reboot the backend machine and check it has upgraded the database OK. reboot the other machines.<br><br></div><div>5. In my case recompile my remote receiver's driver as there was a new kernel installed, and I haven't been bothered creating a proper dkms solution.<br>
</div><div> <br></div><div>On the machines lingering on 10.04 I did a freesh install of mythbuntu 12.04 and upgraded from there.<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 24 September 2013 09:56, Rob Connolly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob@webworxshop.com" target="_blank">rob@webworxshop.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div>On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 09:51:54PM +1200, criggie wrote:<br>
> PFFT two years? Mine was installed in 2005 and the only two<br>
> annoying things are the architecture is i386 and the disks are<br>
> getting old. sda is at 86159 power on hours.<br>
> Actually now I think about it, none of the hardware other than one<br>
> tuner card is in common with the original backend box.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I'm going to assume thats an Arch system also. If so I'm impressed. I<br>
just didn't keep up well with all the updates, so when I did try to<br>
update the large number of changes always killed something. Also, pacman<br>
does not support partial updates, so even adding a package became<br>
difficult after a while.<br>
<br>
That said, the current setup is pretty damn stable if you just leave it<br>
alone (but I don't want to do that, since it's absolutely NOT an<br>
appliance!).<br>
<div><br>
><br>
> Pick your battles - install a distro and myth on the backend<br>
> separately to faffing with xbmc.<br>
><br>
> If you can install to a different disk (and save your original root<br>
> disk) then a restore is as easy as changing disks.<br>
><br>
> Set aside a whole day, make sure there's no lotto draw or anything<br>
> TV boredcast that swmbo needs to see.<br>
><br>
> And if it all goes suspiciously well, something's broken AND hiding<br>
> from you.<br>
><br>
> Cynical? Yes - its a geek occupational hazard.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Well, I actually have closer to three days available. So hopefully<br>
enough time to get everything running!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Rob<br>
<br>
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