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SuSE 9.3 is not seeing my PVR-350 capture card



On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 04:14:53PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> I just put a PVR-350 capture card in my SuSE 9.3 box.  When I brought it up
> again and started X, I got a "Found new hardware" box recognizing it as a
> PVR-350.
> 
> However, when I went to YaST and clicked on TV Tuner in Hardware, it didn't
> automatically find it.  I was able to add it manually.
> 
> No other commands see it though:
> 
> uninew:~ # l /dev/video*
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        6 Aug  6 16:03 /dev/video -> video0
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root video  81,  0 Mar 19  2005 /dev/video0
> crw-rw----  1 root video  81,  1 Mar 19  2005 /dev/video1
> crw-rw----  1 root root  171, 16 Mar 19  2005 /dev/video1394
> crw-r--r--  1 root root  171, 16 Aug  6 17:52 /dev/video1394-0
> crw-rw----  1 root video  81,  2 Mar 19  2005 /dev/video2
> crw-rw----  1 root video  81,  3 Mar 19  2005 /dev/video3
> 
> uninew:~ # lsmod | egrep  '(v4l|vttv)'
> v4l2_common             5760  1 bttv
> 
> 
> uninew:~ # dmesg | grep bttv
> bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture

I was pretty sure the Hauppage cards do NOT use the bttv
drivers, but rather the ivtv drivers.

Not certain, but that's what I thought.

-dsr-




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