Otto J. Makela wrote:
The vdr package drops files to /etc/sysconfig, /etc/vdr, /srv, /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/sbin, /usr/share, /var/cache, /var/lib, plus of course /etc/rc.d and /var/run. It'd be nice to have it immediately pointed out to you that /etc/vdr is where the configs are, /srv is where the recordings go and /var/cache is where the epg is stored, as the "documentation" in /usr/share/doc of course says nothing about these things. I'm not sure how standard these locations are at this point of vdr development?
They are not. Each distribution has its own plan for file locations and startup concepts.
VDR defaults to put config, epg and recordings into /video. Documentation is in the source directory, and the default install location is /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/bin/PLUGINS/lib. Man pages go to /usr/local/man. Since there is no default startup concept, there are no init scripts.
If you want these details documented, complain to the package maintainer. However, from experience, I already don't expect such things to be documented. I often examine package file lists and reading startup scripts to get the info I want.
documentation. Of course the fact that vdr says the firmware should go to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware instead of the correct location /lib/firmware did not help much, could this be fixed?
AFAIK this location is only valid for very recent versions of the hotplug manager dated 2004-09-20 or newer. Older versions prefer /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. The message however is from DVB kernel driver and it may be a good idea to mention both locations in the future.
Cheers,
Udo