how to . i have a topfield with ir serial conection .the info i am looking for is for ubuntu 8.04 not myth.

looks like your stuffed no one no,s any thing

I'm not familiar with sat boxes, but I know that many of them run Linux, and therefor have to make the source code available. Have you contacted the box manufacturer? If their default OS is not Linux, then what is the CPU architecture of the box?

its the computer end i am after . i am using a computer as media center . but i dont whont mthubuntu

So, I'm confused. What's the problem? You should be able to install Ubuntu on just about any Intel PC. Here is a link to a forum that is discussing some of these issues: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=307216

thanks i had been googling but not geting what i whonted.had tryed some ubuntu serial tweaks did not work [Modified by: craig/asux on January 27, 2009 01:31 AM]

Ok, I think my last two gray cells are working now. What you are saying is that you have this set-top box that connects to a PC via a serial IR connection? I assume that the computer that you are using has a serial IR port. Did you check out this link? http://www.lirc.org/ It seems that they have support for the following Topfield devices: PVR 5000 TF4000Fi TF4000PVR I hope this helps.