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« on: October 11, 2007, 06:30:13 am »
should not be a problem. However, when LinuxMCE is installed, you should not use APT beyond that point, because there might be a situation where you will cause package conflicts with the kubuntu repository, and the LinuxMCE update packages that get automatically downloaded. This can happen for example, if you install slimserver via apt to upgrade it.
this software is still very much in transition, and things like this have popped up, and a workaround will no doubt be done..but in the mean-time, watch what you install.
as for expandability... you can set up linux-md RAID arrays, and the web-admin site has a facility for this. Do keep in mind that with LinuxMCE, it automatically switches to your least-filled drive anyway when you add new storage, so the whole issue of needing to do LVM becomes somewhat moot and the resulting disks can be removed easier. You've also got the option of using NAS as well.
-Thom
p.s. are you sure the nvidia driver is being loaded?? check your xorg.conf to make sure vesa isn't being incorrectly loaded... As for me, I put in an 8600GT, and had to install the vendor drivers (basically, install, go through AV wizard, let it roll through the LMCE launcher, DO NOT LET IT PASS THROUGH THE BOOT PROCESS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE AV WIZARD AFTER INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND REBOOTING BECAUSE THE X WRAPPER WILL UNDO YOUR CHANGES!)
the next version of LinuxMCE (due VERY SOON NOW) should have much newer drivers that support the current crop of cards in the retail shops.