<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: David Whyte <david.whyte@gmail.com><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:25:47 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox frontend questions<br><br><div>On 4/25/07, Frank Mckinney <krush_groove83@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>><br>> 1. Are there any issues running Ubuntu backend with the Xebian frontend on<br>> the Xbox?<br><br>> Nope, I run Ubuntu Feisty on my backend and have two Xebian Xboxes as<br>> frontends and some other Feisty FE's too.<br>><br><br>Thanks, that's great news!<br><br>> 2. I want to be able to play Xbox games,
etc., on the Xbox after it's<br>> running Xebian. I'm assuming this means booting up the console, but will<br>> this affect anything on backend box at all? I'm guessing 'no' but just would<br>> like confirmation.<br>><br>> 3. Finally, does anyone have any experience with what modchip works best<br>> with Xebian/MythTV? At the moment I don't have the console but want to make<br>> sure I get a fully featured modchip that will work without having to deal<br>> with too much command line stuff.<br>><br><br>> I did the hardware mod which involved soldering some pins on the Xbox<br>> mobo and flashing the BIOS to Cromwell. Therefore, I don't know about<br>> questions 2 and 3.<br><br>OK thanks, I'll look up that mod and see what it entails. As long as I can still watch DVDs and play games on the Xbox I'm happy to try whatever mod it takes to get a simple to install Xebian install.<br></div></div><br></div></div><br>
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