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I know this is a rather late contribution to this thread, but I've been away. The last, but rather technical, word on this type of stuff is www.linuxtv.org which is where the people who write the drivers hang out. In any recent kernel the drivers should be present or at least potentialy present. Did you add this card after installing xandros? If so it maybe that the drivers weren't included, if you can reinstall xandros the card may be detected and the drivers "switched on". If you can't reinstall and the drivers are in the kernel you can rebuild it. This would be by grabbing the source from the xandros repository and then doing a rebuild using the most guized app available to select the options to include modules. Infact if xandros uses synaptic you could simply opt to install an upgrade to the kernel or just reinstall the current one. This should rebuild for you detecting whatever hardware is around. Simon Kevin Lucas wrote: > > Julian Hall wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have a Winfast VC100 capture card and Xandros 3.02. The card doesn't >> have to actually 'capture' as the video source is my external DVR. It >> just needs to display the input coming from the DVR so I can *watch* TV >> on the PC. >> >> The card has a BT878 chipset, and the card number (for the bttv module) >> is 114[1]. From what I have read, 'the kernel either needs >> |videodev.o|, |bttv.o|, and |tuner.o| under |/lib/modules/2.x.x/misc|, >> or [I] need to recompile the kernel with |CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV |and >> |CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848 |enabled, preferably as loadable modules'.[2] >> >> I don't seem to have the videodev.o, bttv.o or tuner.o, ||||and >> |tuner.o| files where they are required so it looks like the kernel >> doesn't have the relevant bits enabled., however running lsmod does show >> bttv loaded with several other modules linked into it. >> >> First question. I'm not nailed to Xandros, so would it be recommended >> to just change distro to a more recent one such as Ubuntu that does have >> the kernel mods already enabled? >> >> Secondly, I have a TV app called tvtime which runs, but shows a blue >> screen. When I click the option to change the video source nothing >> happens, so I'm inclined to think that the source isn't coming from the >> card due to the kernel issues and/or bttv not configured. The default >> source is apparently /dev/video0, but a quick look in /dev shows that >> device doesn't exist. Another clue to something having gone pear-shaped. >> >> Any advice on where to proceed to get the card working would be >> appreciated :) >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Julian >> >> [1] http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/BTTV/cards.html >> [2] http://www.linuxdig.com/howto/ldp/BTTV.php#ss4.2 >> >> > This link gave me the will to persevere with my Huppage TV card it now > works fine with Caffeine for Digital TV and Video input. It took two > weeks though so be patient. > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_saa7134 > <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_saa7134> -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html