diff -Nru a/mythtv/configure b/mythtv/configure
--- a/mythtv/configure	2019-01-14 12:53:51.000000000 +0100
+++ b/mythtv/configure	2019-01-21 16:09:18.631425465 +0100
@@ -6644,10 +6644,10 @@
     if enabled xnvctrl; then
         case $target_os in
             linux)
-                # Bah. Suse linux doesn't have xnvctrl.
+                # Bah. Mageia linux doesn't have xnvctrl.
                 . /etc/os-release
                 case $ID in
-                    *suse*)
+                    *mageia*)
 			# This is hopefully temporary.
 			disable xnvctrl_external
 			;;