Excellent step-by-step for FC4 is at: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php

Test System:

• Dell Dimension GX260 Desktop
• P4 2.2 GHz, 1 GB DDR 266, 80 GB Seagate Barracuda IV ATA disk
• HP L1506 1024×768 LCD monitor

IMPORTANT: Set these video settings in BIOS:

AGP Aperture:	32 MB
Video Memory Size:
	8 MB

to get better than VGA resolution (!)

OS Installation

Install FC4 per wilsonet.com step-by-step page above.

Boot installation CD with:

boot: linux jfs resolution=1024x768

Install type: Custom

Manually partition:

Partition   Mount Point   Size (MB)   Format
/dev/hda1   /boot         102         ext3
/dev/hda3   swap          1028        swap
/dev/hda2   /             10237       ext3
/dev/hda5   /video        64950       jfs   (rest of disk)

Other Settings:

• IP: creampuff.stardust.org 192.168.5.3
• No firewall, SELinux: Disabled
• Packages per wilsonet.com, including Development tools, X devel, KDE devel

Initial Setup

Create system user peterp at prompts

/usr/sbin/useradd mythtv # creates w/ uid 501, gid 501

Set up local yum repository and copy over /etc/hosts file to resolve yum hostname

/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo:

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
baseurl=http://yum/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/base/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

fedora-updates.repo and fedora-extras.repo use /$basearch/{updates,extras}/
in the baseurl (copy them from original files too)

Update all with:

# yum update yum              [ accept importing GPG key ]
# yum upgrade                 [ update 280 and install 9 packages ]

Then reboot.

MythTV

Note: version 19 had major video rebuffering problems, try version 18.1

X Setup

Tricky X setup for i845 motherboard chipset:

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 800x600"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
        VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "i810"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "i810 driver"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection