[mythtv-users] Can't see my tuner card?

[Igor Cicimov]

What distro are you running? Check /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog
which ever exists. Try to find out if the card is being recognized and
driver loaded. I would look for strings like dvb or firmware in the log.
 On May 11, 2012 7:15 PM, "Batshua bat Yehonatan" <batshua at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do not have another machine to try it in, but it's a new card.
>
> I don't have another tuner card to try in that slot.
>
> I don't know where to check for in in the BIOS on boot. Where should I be
> looking?
>
> I need to see if I have plates to cover the other slots in my box; I've
> got the knockout kind, but if I do, I can try putting it in other slots.
>
> I will try to find a Knoppix LiveCD to burn.
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Batshua bat Yehonatan wrote:
>>
>>  I have an WinTV HVR 1250.
>>>
>>> It is a relatively new card; I bought it to replace an older one that
>>> got damaged in transit.
>>>
>>> My new computer (rebuilt almost entirely from scratch) can't see it in
>>> lspci.
>>>
>>
>> Can you try the card in another machine ?
>> Have you another card you can try in that slot ?
>> Does it show in any BIOS screens during boot ?
>> Does anything change if you swap cards around slots within the same
>> machine ?
>>
>> These ought to track down whether it's a card problem, or a machine
>> problem, or some combination. I think (though could be wrong) that devices
>> should show up with lspci even if there are no drivers loaded for them, but
>> just in case it is a software/driver (though the 1250 is hardly what you
>> could call bleeding edge) issue :
>>
>> If you boot from an up to date (for example) Knoppix disk, does it show
>> up ?
>>
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