error message is
xawtv hwscan
This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18.2-34-bigsmp)
X Error of failed request: XF86DGANoDirectVideoMode
Major opcode of failed request: 137 (XFree86-DGA)
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (XF86DGAGetVideoLL)
Serial number of failed request: 67
Current serial number in output stream: 67
I have a NVIDIA GS7600 graphic card. I managed to get tv channels in Kaffeine but not able to view them

kdetv
ALSA lib control.c:910snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL
kdetv: WARNING: [VBIDecoder::restart()] no permission to access device
kdetv: WARNING: MainWindow::setupInfraRed(): Lirc not available
no channels
motv
This is motv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18.2-34-bigsmp)
Warning: Actions not found: Remote
Warning: Actions not found: Remote
X Error of failed request: XF86DGANoDirectVideoMode
Major opcode of failed request: 137 (XFree86-DGA)
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (XF86DGAGetVideoLL)
Serial number of failed request: 216
Current serial number in output stream: 216


any help gratefully received
going to try wine next

If you can compile things (like the kernel) from the source code, try http://www.b3nt.supanet.com/pci-nova-t-500.html

Thanks for your reply. I have managed to get the TV working with Kaffeine. Moving on to real tasks now.
Thanks again