Hi guys. I have been trying to tackle this problem for couple days now. ok.

i got a saa7130/4 type tv card
s3 savage video card
mandrake 10.1 with 2.6.3 kernel
and i am trying to use TVTIME

ok. As far i got is i do

modprobe saa7134 and a link appears on the desktop. It is link to gnomemeeting instead of tvtime.this problem 1.

then when i run tvtime from terminal like this ;;;

tvtime -d /dev/v4l/video0

it just stay open for couple of seck and then closes. But when i dont modprobe it and then if i run the tvtime it just gives me a blue screen and says no signal. My card my be pal originated . Do you guys have any idea about this. Also my tuner is not in the list either. thx

Try ' tvtime -d /dev/video0 ' See what happens. I believe this is where the device block called video0 should be. Search uder diectory /dev to locate. May have one called video1 also.

Brian1
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thx for replying but it is the same i tried that too nothing happend

Is there a device block caled /dev/video0 there?
Any other ones there?
What Distro and version?
What Kernel?
Stock Kernel or Compiled Kernel?

Brian1
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yes there is and there is also one in /dev/v4l/video0

and there is also vbi0 in /dev/v4l and video in /dev

i am using 2.6.3-7mdk i havent compiled it yet. As a matter of fact i just installed the whole thing all over again

Have you tried a live cd like knoppix? Give it a try.
Try a newer kernel.

Brian1
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i tried knoppix but now it doesnt see my tv card i cant even modprobe it