I finally got xawtv all working it doesnt give any errors or anything when I start it up I can watch the tv change channels (only some slight graphical errors when I bring up the channel settings etc... these disappear after a few seconds.
As soon as I move the window at all or try to maximise it it crashes my system
any ideas I have a Radeon 9100 ddr 128 mb graphics card and a basic software driven tv/radio capture card.
Adam