Hey,
I have a tv card that is using the philips saa7134 chip. Ubuntu 7.04 doesn't know what drivers to use because it can't identify what card it is. This is a section of output I got (from some command I saw on another site)

"43.590578] saa7134: <rant>
[ 43.590578] saa7134: Congratulations! Your TV card vendor saved a few
[ 43.590580] saa7134: cents for a eeprom, thus your pci board has no
[ 43.590581] saa7134: subsystem ID and I can't identify it automatically
[ 43.590582] saa7134: </rant>
[ 43.590583] saa7134: I feel better now. Ok, here are the good news:
[ 43.590584] saa7134: You can use the card=<nr> insmod option to specify
[ 43.590586] saa7134: which board do you have. The list:
[ 43.590588] saa7134: card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
[ 43.590591] saa7134: card=1 -> Proteus Pro [philips reference design] 113
1:2001 1131:2001
[ 43.590596] saa7134: card=2 -> LifeView FlyVIDEO3000 516
8:0138 4e42:0138
[ 43.590599] saa7134: card=3 -> LifeView/Typhoon FlyVIDEO2000 516
8:0138 4e42:0138
[ 43.590603] saa7134: card=4 -> EMPRESS 113
1:6752
[ 43.590606] saa7134: card=5 -> SKNet Monster TV 113
1:4e85
[ 43.590609] saa7134: card=6 -> Tevion MD 9717
[ 43.590611] saa7134: card=7 -> KNC One TV-Station RDS / Typhoon TV Tune 113"

And this goes on to list 105 different cards using this cipset.
My card shows up as unknown/generic (found this out from trying to configure Mythtv and TVtime). So I took my tv card out of my computer to try and figure out what model/make it is and all I could find was that it is called "Easy TV Capture". There was also a sticker on it with the words "Power Data" and the serial# FV7130-00110. This model doesn't show up in the list of TV cards (lucky me).
This link shows you my exact TV card.
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-tv01.htm

In the comments someone mentioned this.

I use this card under Slackware 11. Here's my /etc/modprobe.conf:
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
options bttv pll=1 radio=0 bttv_verbose=1 card=13 tuner=2
Enjoy!

There is no /etc/modprobe.conf in ubuntu 7.04, where is this located?
And he has an 81 in there, could that mean that he chose the #81 driver?

I'm a pretty big linux newb, so I would like to know how I could change the drivers (even if I don't know the model, I could try all 105 different options they give).

The bttv module is for BT878 based cards. The card that you have is saa713x based so it will not work with the bttv module. You have to use the saa7134 module. You can do either do trial-n-error to find a compatible model or include i2c_scan=1 when loading the module. During testing what model works, use tvtime and select either Composite (RCA) or S-Video. If you see a picture, then it is working. Then you can start with specifying the tuner number. Unfortunately you have to do trial-n-error to find the correct tuner model.

Ok, so what code do I use to do all of this? I'm avidly against the command line unless I absolutly have to (as in this case) so I don't know many (if any) commands.

If /sbin/lsmod does not list saa7134, at the terminal, log in as root. Type /sbin/modprobe saa7134 card=X. The X will stand for a desire card number. If you do not know the card number, type /sbin/modprobe saa7134 i2c_scan=1. It should try to find a compatible model, but it may not.

When you got everything working, add options saa7134 card=X tuner=Y to /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modules.conf.

Go to Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition at http://rute.2038bug.com/.

Ok, thx for the info. 2 more question tho, what options do I have for Y (tuner=Y)? I don't understand what this option is for. When adding the options to /etc/modprobe.conf do I simply add the line "saa7134 card=X tuner=Y"?

thanks

No, you add options saa7134 card=X tuner=Y. The Y is another number you have to find. The tuner option is not require in order for the card to work.

Read through /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 and /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner. Though this assumes the kernel source is there. Pre-compiled distributions does not always have the source code installed, so you have to find it in your package manager.