[mythtv] hardware problem...??

[Calvin Harrigan]

On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 01:52, Nathan Ziarek wrote:
> First off - I am a total Linux newbie.this will be my first Linux
> install ever. Using the How-To docs here I got pretty far.I manged to
> get everything installed (XML::Twig is still being goofy, but it allowed
> me to install XMLTV anyway) and have even opened MythTV Frontend for the
> very first time (it was pretty exciting, really).
> 
> The problem I am running into now is that it is telling me that I don't
> have a capture card.I assumed it was going to be the default (silly me),
> but when I went into the hardware manager in RH8, it didn't give it a
> device name (like dev/dsp0) instead just saying N/A. XAWTV works (I
> don't have cable hooked up to the tuner, but if I press my finger
> against it, one station almost comes in ;-), so the card is working, but
> it isn't labeled. I think.
> 
> I know this isn't an "all for Linux help group", but if anyone could
> point me to a good resource for my newbie questions, I'd appreciate it.
> I've been to LinuxNewbie.com, but it didn't seem to cover this. Keep in
> mind that I don't understand a lot of what is going on, so the more
> explanation, the better. :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Nathan Ziarek
> http://www.ziarek.com/
> 
> 
> 
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Did you run setup from the mythtv/setup directory after you finished the
install?  I know it seems obvious but it's an easily forgetten step.

Calvin...