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From: DenverD on 4 Dec 2009 11:22 > anyway, there is pleasure in having a 'solution' even if it's a bit of a > contraption. > > any thoughts? it is always best to begin with hardware known to work with the OS you want to use....buy a machine with Redmond installed and you will often have bumps and problems....otoh Dell, HP and a few others sell hardware made for and installed with industrial strength operating systems....pick up and one and enjoy the ride. -- DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (20090817), KDE 3.5.7 "release 72-11", openSUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.19-0.4-default #1 SMP i686 athlon
From: DenverD on 4 Dec 2009 18:14 > but it was a bargain! yep, so is a Lada! save up front and spend how many hours trying to make a good system work right...and, sometimes in the end be forever tied to ring-in-the-nose software.. -- DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (20090817), KDE 3.5.7 "release 72-11", openSUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.19-0.4-default #1 SMP i686 athlon
From: felmon on 5 Dec 2009 00:39 On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:14:38 +0100, DenverD wrote: >> but it was a bargain! > > yep, so is a Lada! > > save up front and spend how many hours trying to make a good system work > right...and, sometimes in the end be forever tied to ring-in-the-nose > software.. or save up front and get a system that works well - also a possibility. I would never be 'forever tied to ring-in-the-nose software' (though I love the expression!) as I scout out the return policy. just got full refund tonight, the only question asked was, 'why?' and the answer given was 'not suitable to purpose,' schluß, finito, end of conversation. I am probably going to build a system, which also takes time, mostly to read up on good mainboards; I haven't built in several yrs. Felmon
From: Robert Komar on 5 Dec 2009 01:50 felmon <nemo(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:38:03 -0600, keith wrote: > > I am having a hell of a time getting tv to work. I have a low-profile pci- > e card (Hauppauge HVR1250) in a slimline Gateway 2800 running Debian and > Ubuntu. I can't get Debian to load the card properly so leave that aside, > Ubuntu loads the kernel stuff ok but it doesn't create /dev/video. > > I have googled all around, no solution. I am reasonably certain I have > the firmware installed but not absolutely sure. > > I need it to get us cable. an older card in my other desktop works no > problem using xawtv, tvtime or something else I forgot. these guys, not > seeing /dev/video refuse to load. > > the kernel in Ubuntu is 2.6.31-15-generic.pae. the kernel in Debian Lenny > is (as I recall) 2.6.26. am familiar with linuxtv.org. > > there's plenty to google. not done yet but have almost given up hope. I > am a bit wary of this Gateway unit. never have had such trouble getting > Linux to work with the graphics. OpenSuse 10.2 booted alright but some > version of 11.x killed the monitor, forcing me to reboot. same with > Debian but I stuck with it. > > felmon The Hauppauge site says that currently only ATSC mode works under Linux on this card. So, over-the-air digital TV, but not cable. You might try hooking up an antenna and scanning for digital OTA channels (using w_scan or dvbscan). The device should show up as something like /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0, _not_ as /dev/video0 (which is what you want for us-cable). See http://www.linuxtv.org/ for lots of good info in the Wiki. Cheers, Rob Komar P.S. I just bought a HVR-1850 card, and am having similar problems. These models just may be too new for good driver support under linux.
From: felmon on 5 Dec 2009 02:06
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:50:21 +0000, Robert Komar wrote: > The Hauppauge site says that currently only ATSC mode works under Linux > on this card. So, over-the-air digital TV, but not cable. thanks, I had either overlooked that or (more likely) didn't understand. > You might > try hooking up an antenna and scanning for digital OTA channels (using > w_scan or dvbscan). The device should show up as something like > /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0, _not_ as /dev/video0 (which is what you want for > us-cable). bitter experience has taught me this. > > See http://www.linuxtv.org/ for lots of good info in the Wiki. > > Cheers, > Rob Komar > > P.S. I just bought a HVR-1850 card, and am having similar problems. > These models just may be too new for good driver support under linux. yes, I am drawing this conclusion. in an earlier post today I explained how I got the hvr 950q running but it is very, very ugly. my dilemma is, I have a functioning hauppauge card for pci. I want a new computer so it looks like I have to be careful to get one with a pci socket or struggle with the usb kludge (for a while). however, I may not have set up the OpenSUSE drivers and firmware correctly. Felmon |