am frustrated , i am stuck .. nowhere to go except going back to windows xp professional...

Here is my story.

for last 3 days i am tring to install my wintv go tv card on my linux suse 9.1 machine. But it does not work. i searched all over the web, posting in this forum and in google groups for help, and followed all suggestions given to me. Till now i put in 48 hours working on this thing. here are my postings.

Before i bought this tv card i research over the net i got a feeling that this card is widely used on linux machines. Also suse website shows it is fully supported

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...threadid=238070

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...threadid=238684

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...threadid=238687

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...threadid=238780

in google groups
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http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...t.os.linux.suse

After following the above and not getting any possitive results. I called Hauppauge support, but apparently they do not support linux.

As this card is fully supported by suse 9.1, I called up suse for help, they told they will help me with this. then i even asked for paid support $39 per incident, But is seems they cannot help me immediatly, so they asked to send a mail they support asking for advanced support.

Same thing happend when i tried to install linux on my machine. Here are the postings for that.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...threadid=199322


After all this my point is if i need to put at least 48 hours to install any new hardware or software, i thinks it is nuts..

so i am frustrated , i am stuck .. nowhere to go except going back to windows xp professional...



Thanks
sreekanth.g

LOL...........I have 2 tv's..........27 and 32 inch sony's............watching tv on a 19 inch computer screen is not my idea of fun........LOL

well linux is not for everyone, but if one is willing to put forth an effort and is willing to learn..............then you will reap rewards......

i know linux is not for every one. I tried all options, i am even ready to pay money for suse advanced help, Bottom line is nothing seems to be working. As i mentioned previously this piece of hardware is supported by suse 9.1, still it is not working.

If you know tell what i am missing... help greatly appreciated.


sreekanth.g

error messages .. things you tried .... ... links that work ...........

anyways, if its "fully supported" (i wouldn't trust them if they wouldn't talk), then reinstall suse with the card in the computer, and go thru the install carefully just in case (tho i never used suse, so i wouldn't know if it require and user input for the install)

reinstall is not an option for me, as i run lot of other stuff on that machine.

here are my posts

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=238070
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=238684
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=238687
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=238780

google post

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e....os.linux.suse


thanks
sreekanth.g

if the links did not work please search on my user gadhiraju
you will get all my posts

sreekanth.g

You might need to compile the kernel to add support for your card

quoted from Hauppauges support site

Linux drivers, applications and LinuxTV
The Linux driver for the WinTV card is now part of the Linux kernel (version 2.2 and newer).
The LinuxTV web site is at www.linuxtv.org/
To see some notes from a Linux user on his WinTV installation, click here.
New Linux developments on the bttv driver for the WinTV can be found here
Click here for the Hauppauge Linux help page for SuSE and Red Hat Linux
To use teletext under Linux, use Martin Buck's VideoText for Linux

finally i found out that the newer versions of wintv go cards does not work. So i went and bought wintv pvr 250(paid $150). but apparantly suse 9.1 does not recognize this card at all. Called up suse they told this card is not supported.

i had it all. Started installing windows xp professional 8:00 pm est. i am going back to windows for good.

good luck.


sreekanth.g