KerbyServer

UPDATE: For what it's worth, this sounds exactly like my issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.1...

I made some more modifications to my MythTV system.

It is now running Openbox as its window manager...much lighter than metacity and all the gnome accessories. I mostly followed the guide here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV/Install/Server/Frontend

With the new Openbox config, I had to find a different way to enable a vncserver for remote access to the gui. I did this with x11vnc. To get it running, I followed some pieces of
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/x11vnc

I made some modifications to the lirc configurations for my MythTV system. These changes are finally allowing me to get the full functionality of my MythTV system with just the remote. The following config files are attached for future reference:

/etc/lirc/lircd.conf
and
~/.mythtv/lircrc

I just upgraded my Ubuntu MythTV system from Edgy to Feisty. The MythTV components seem to work fine, but the video out on the ATI card and the remote control do not work properly.

It should be somewhat straightforward to get this system running properly again. I'll try to document the steps here for posterity...

UPDATE:

ATI TV Output Instructions

I have been holding back on doing a kernel upgrade for some time on my Ubuntu system that runs a MythTV front and back end. To the best of my knowledge :) I have a patched ATI driver, Hauppauge itv driver, and possibly lirc that were compiled against the current kernel. I have a hunch that I replaced the compiled lirc with a proper package install during the edgy upgrade, but I'm not sure.

I performed a full backup of the system with backuppc and am going ahead with the installation of: