I've only ever run Ubuntu MythTV packages on here, not recompiling. I make it a point on most my machines to stick with distro packages... which can be frustrating when the answer to big bugs is "fixed in newest version".
# dpkg -l | grep myth rc libmyth-0.18.1 0.18.1-5 Common library code for MythTV and add-on mo ii libmyth-0.18.1c2a 0.18.1-5ubuntu3 Common library code for MythTV and add-on mo ii libmyth-0.20 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 Common library code for MythTV and add-on mo ii mythbrowser 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 A small web browser module for MythTV ii mythdvd 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 DVD add-on module for MythTV ii mythgallery 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 Image gallery/slideshow add-on module for My ii mythmusic 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 Music add-on module for MythTV ii mythnews 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 An RSS feed news reader module for MythTV ii mythplugins 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 Meta package for MythTV plugins. ii mythtv 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 A personal video recorder application (clien ii mythtv-backend 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 A personal video recorder application (serve ii mythtv-common 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 A personal video recorder application (commo ii mythtv-database 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 A personal video recorder application (datab ii mythtv-debug 0.18.1-5ubuntu3 Debugging symbols for MythTV ii mythtv-doc 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 A personal video recorder application (docum ii mythtv-frontend 0.20-0.2ubuntu2~dapper1 A personal video recorder application (clien ii mythvideo 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 A generic video player frontend module for M ii mythweather 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 Weather add-on module for MythTV ii mythweb 0.18.1-3ubuntu3 Web interface add-on module for MythTV [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ll /usr/local/lib total 140 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2007-01-31 16:44 . drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2006-01-05 01:12 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-01-05 01:13 firmware -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49676 2006-04-12 22:38 liblirc_client.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 755 2006-04-12 22:38 liblirc_client.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-04-12 22:38 liblirc_client.so -> liblirc_client.so.0.1.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-04-12 22:38 liblirc_client.so.0 -> liblirc_client.so.0.1.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47091 2006-04-12 22:38 liblirc_client.so.0.1.0 drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-02-15 19:30 perl drwxrwsr-x 3 root staff 4096 2007-01-31 16:44 python2.3 drwxrwsr-x 3 root staff 4096 2007-01-31 09:29 python2.4 drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-01-13 16:22 sane drwxrwsr-x 3 root staff 4096 2007-01-31 16:30 site_ruby (all directories are empty) # ll /usr/local/bin total 752 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-01-13 16:22 . drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2006-01-05 01:12 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 113329 2006-04-13 00:21 cx25840ctl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12716 2006-04-12 22:39 ircat -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13361 2006-04-12 22:39 irexec -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22468 2006-04-12 22:39 irpty -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212727 2006-04-12 22:38 irrecord -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19586 2006-04-12 22:39 irsend -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12065 2006-04-12 22:38 irw -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34967 2006-04-12 22:39 irxevent -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41337 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtvctl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11593 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtv-detect -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28982 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtv-encoder -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17552 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtvfbctl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11760 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtv-mpegindex -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14453 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtvplay -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13344 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtv-radio -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 37992 2006-04-13 00:21 ivtv-tune -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48844 2006-04-12 22:39 lircrcd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17538 2006-04-12 22:39 mode2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31643 2006-04-12 22:39 xmode2 -- Unable to initialize plugin 'mythvideo'. https://launchpad.net/bugs/83518 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs