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==Prerequirements==
==Prerequirements==
At first Fedora Core 2 has to be installed. Ideally choose the userdefined installation method and choose the Kernel sources and Kernel developments packages.
At first Fedora Core 2 has to be installed. Ideally choose the userdefined installation method and choose the Kernel sources and Kernel development packages.


A current Kernel is at www.kernel.org
A current Kernel is at www.kernel.org
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* [[DVB installation]]
* [[DVB installation]]
* [[VDR installation]]
* [[VDR installation]]
and if a infraded remote control should be used
and if a infrared remote control should be used
* [[LIRC installation]]
* [[LIRC installation]]

==RPM packages==

There are also prebuilt RPM packages of VDR and a bunch of plugins for Fedora Core 4 (and soon later) available at http://rpm.livna.org/


==Links==
==Links==
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| http://www.cydiction.de
| http://www.cydiction.de
| VDR HowTo for Fedora 1 (fc1)
| VDR HowTo for Fedora 1 (fc1)
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| [4]
| http://rpm.livna.org
| VDR packages for FCx
|}
|}



Revision as of 06:13, 17 October 2005

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Description

Prerequirements

At first Fedora Core 2 has to be installed. Ideally choose the userdefined installation method and choose the Kernel sources and Kernel development packages.

A current Kernel is at www.kernel.org

Linux installation

The file /boot/config has to be copied to /usr/src/linux and renamed to .config

cp /boot/config /usr/src/linux/.config

Afterwards the new kernel can be compiled with the (copied over) old configuration

cd /usr/src/linux
make oldconfig
make
make modules_install
make install

Restart Linux.

VDR installation

The installation is explained in

and if a infrared remote control should be used

RPM packages

There are also prebuilt RPM packages of VDR and a bunch of plugins for Fedora Core 4 (and soon later) available at http://rpm.livna.org/

Links

[1] http://fedora.redhat.com Fedora homepage
[2] http://www.kernel.org Linux Kernel homepage
[3] http://www.cydiction.de VDR HowTo for Fedora 1 (fc1)
[4] http://rpm.livna.org VDR packages for FCx