i am trying to make it work but with no hope until now
can anyone help me

when typing
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[root@localhost root]# xawtv -hwscan
This is xawtv-3.85, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.21-0.13mdk)
Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
looking for available devices
port 56-56 [ -xvport 56 ]
type : Xvideo, video overlay
name : video4linux

port 57-57
type : Xvideo, image scaler
name : Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G Video Overlay

/dev/v4l/video0: OK [ -device /dev/v4l/video0 ]
type : v4l
name : BT878( *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC **)
flags: overlay capture tuner

[root@localhost root]#
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and when run xawtv

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root@localhost root]# xawtv
This is xawtv-3.85, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.21-0.13mdk)
Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
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my card is play tv pro and i am using mandrake 9.1
it is PV- BT878p + Rev 9d

it is PV- BT878p + Rev 9d

Card number 37 sounds pretty similar to what you've got there. You should read the documentation in Documentation/video4linux/bttv in the kernel source tree. It explains quite well how to get your tvcard working.

i don't get it sorry
but what u mean by card 37

As Mik already pointed out the documentation is there. You can add a 'card=' option when loading the bttv module.

how shall i plz

i am a very newbie in this area