thanks to mikew, most of the props are gone. i was able to screw up and solve the configuration (lircd and nvidea props). all is working now

i still have to install the voip client (i do have a fixed nummber that is sip enabled), install mame and games, do a lot of finetuning on the confguration.

two big things remain
1) enable wifi via an usb stick (sweex)
2) configure more channels (with is a bith in mythtv, hack in teh databases)

the rc isnt orking within mplayer (dvd playing) so that i have to solve as well

all in all, the project is going well though not live yet

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groets, bert boerland