Building a mythfrontend box on hardy from scratch

start os install ( I use the hardy i386 alternate cd)

during install routine I create a default user and we will call it desktop.

make desktop user login automatically

install nvidia restricted driver

apt-get install openssh-server portmap nfs-common xfsprogs lm-sensors snmpd smartmontools mutt postfix ssh dstat iptraf subversion checkinstall apache2 php5 qt3-dev-tools libdts-dev libfreetype6-dev lame apcupsd apcupsd-cgi logwatch dselect openbox phpmyadmin lirc mailx sysv-rc-conf mysql-client libqt3-mt-mysql

nano /etc/fstab

192.168.1.210:/offline /offline nfs soft,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,async,nfsvers=3,bg,actimeo=0,tcp
192.168.1.210:/dvr /dvr nfs soft,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,async,nfsvers=3,bg,actimeo=0,tcp
mkdir /dvrmkdir /offline

mount -a

cp /offline/archive/common/etc/apt/sources.list.hardy /etc/apt

apt-get clean

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get build-dep mythtv

apt-get install libmad0 libmad0-dev flac libflac-dev libcdaudio-dev libtag1-dev libcdparanoia0-dev xine-ui libxine1-ffmpeg mplayer

download nx debs

sudo dpkg -i nxclient_3.0.0-89_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i nxnode_3.0.0-93_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i nxserver_3.0.0-79_i386.deb

RSYNC
cp /offline/files/rsync/rsyncd.conf /etc
cp /offline/files/rsync/rsyncd.secrets /etc
nano /etc/default/rsync and enable
chmod 600 /etc/rsyncd.secrets

/etc/init.d/rsync restart

SNMP

cp /offline/archive/common/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp

nano /etc/default/snmpd remove 127.0.0.1 our of config line

/etc/init.d/snmpd restart
SMARTD

cp /offline/archive/common/smartd.conf /etc/smartd.conf
nano /etc/default/smartmontools
start_smartd=yes
/etc/init.d/smartmontools restart

WEBMIN

apt-get install libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl libnet-ssleay-perl
dpkg -i webmin_1.390_all.deb

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

Wake on lan if supported

echo 'ethtool -s eth0 wol g' >> /etc/rc.local

APCUPSD
cp /offline/archive/common/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf /etc/apcupsd
nano /etc/default/apcupsd and make isconfigured=yes
/etc/init.d/apcupsd restart

Customize desktop for mythtv

nano /usr/share/xsessions/mythtv.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=MythTV
Comment=Use this session to run MythTV
Exec=/usr/local/bin/mythtv.sh
Icon=
Type=Application

nano /usr/local/bin/mythtv.sh
mythfrontend&
killall irexec
irexec -d
nvidia-settings -l
mtd -d

exec openbox

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mythtv.sh

LIRC

cp /dvr/files/lircrc /home/desktop/.mythtv
ln -s /home/desktop/.mythtv/lircrc /home/desktop/.lircrc

To get basic things setup for myth I just do a apt-get install mythtv. Then go and uninstall all mythtv packages(that is if you want to build your own packages, just let it be if you are going to use the packages)

Otherwise a few steps you will have to take to get things working like the Backend at reboot and what not.

cp /dvr/scripts/mythtv-backend /etc/init.d

cp /dvr/scripts/mythtv-backend.default /etc/default/mythtv-backend

update-rc.d mythtv-backend defaults

mkdir /var/log/mythtv

make sure /root/.mythtv/mysql.txt is created and correct

/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start

Install medibuntu stuff

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update