I just installed a new Hauppauge WinTV PVC-150 in my Suse 10 box. Yast recognized it right away, but I noticed that when I tried scanning the channels, nothing would happen. After digging a little deeper, I found that, though Yast had recognized the card, it also says that no tuner is available for the card. I'm not even given the option of picking one. It looks like the right ivtv driver is selected (itvc16). Has anyone else had a similar problem with this card?

Also, one little question: MythTV asks for the video device. I'm assuming it's asking for /dev/video0. Is this correct for Suse 10? I can't seem to find it.

those cards are generally controlled using the ivtv driver, so make sure that's loaded via a modprobe. then check your dmesg output the see if it's OK with it. if it is you'd then have a video0 entry.

Here's the output from dmesg:

ivtv: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.3.7 (c) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-15-default 586 REGPARM gcc-4.0
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
i2c-algo-bit.o: (0) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (1) scl=1, sda=0
i2c-algo-bit.o: (2) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (3) scl=0, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (4) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed test.
ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26052, rev = C199, serial# = 8235789
tveeprom: tuner = <unknown> (idx = 99, type = -589168964)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
ivtv: Tuner Type -589168964, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model 0x008d1659, Revision 0xdce1fe80
ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
ivtv: Radio detected
: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
cx25840: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
cx25840: starting probe on adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
cx25840: detecting cx25840 client on address 0x88
cx25840: cx25843-23 found. Initializing...
cx25840: requesting HcwMakoA.ROM from hotplug
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
NET: Registered protocol family 23
via_ircc: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
cx25840: firmware read failed
ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok]
wm8775: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok]
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 248 bytes per conntrack
ivtv: requesting ivtv-fw-enc.bin from hotplug
ivtv: firmware load failed
ivtv: failed loading encoder firmware
ivtv: Error loading firmware -3!
ivtv: Error -3 initializing firmware.
ivtv: Error -12 on initialization
ivtv-iTVC15_16_mpg2_encoder_card: probe of 0000:00:08.0 failed with error -12
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

From looking at it, I have discovered I have an old version of ivtv. Getting the new one might help. Also, I probably need to upload the firmware. Any other tips?

For now stick with the ivtv versione. You will need the firmware for the card too. Then you need to pick a TV tuner model. I suggest using S-Video or composite to test the card instead of first messing around the tuner. When it works, you can then pick a tuner model. I suggest going through the list of NTSC tuners until the one works. If you have any problems, you may want to upgrade to the latest ivtv version. Use mplayer or xine to test the output of the card because it does output MPEG-1/MPEG-2 stream.

Go to
http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Main_Page
for more informaton.

Neither mplayer nor xine recognized my card (though I may have been using the mplayer commands wrong, I'm not sure) so I went ahead and downloaded the newest ivtv drivers. This is the new dmesg output:

ivtv: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-15-default 586 REGPARM gcc-4.0
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
i2c-algo-bit.o: (0) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (1) scl=1, sda=0
i2c-algo-bit.o: (2) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (3) scl=0, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (4) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed test.
tveeprom: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26052, rev = C199, serial# = 8235789
tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3
tuner: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
cx25840: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
cx25840 0-0044: ivtv driver
cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
NET: Registered protocol family 23
via_ircc: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 248 bytes per conntrack
cx25840 0-0044: unable to open firmware v4l-cx25840.fw
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
wm8775 0-001b: ivtv driver
wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
tda9887: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory?
ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware
ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3!
ivtv0: Error -3 initializing firmware.
ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization
ivtv: probe of 0000:00:08.0 failed with error -12
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

So it would seem my tuner is now recognized (TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50)), but the firmware files I downloaded are in the wrong place. I'll have to figure out where suse puts them.

Okay, I am now completely confused. I'm following the instructions for extracting the firmware files, and the ivtv howto says to run:

perl ivtvfwextract.pl

and the result is:

ivtvfwextract.pl: "/mnt/cdrom" not accessible

why is it trying to access my cdrom (which is at /media/dvd no /mnt/cdrom, anyway)?

When setting up mythtv for the first time, I kept detailed notes on every step.
This is the exact commands I entered, is this what you're doing?
I remember reading in the docs that the .pl script tries to grab the firmware from the windows install cd, and that there was something in the script you had to hand edit to prevent it from doing that.