Dude, I could totally hug you! Thanks so much for the lead! I'll try it out as soon I get home. <span></span><br><br>On Sunday, May 13, 2012, Igor Cicimov wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Your card is definitely not recognized by the kernel. Looks like lots of people have problems with this card especially with the newer versions that are actually 1255 not 1250. read this:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mythtvtalk.com/installation-issue-wintv-hvr-1250-a-13951/" target="_blank">http://www.mythtvtalk.com/installation-issue-wintv-hvr-1250-a-13951/</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>and try this as suggested in the thread <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/452987#452987" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/452987#452987</a></div>
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<div>========</div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Just create a file in /etc/modprobe.d called "hvr1250" and put in it</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">the following content: </span><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">
<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">options cx23885 card=20</span><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">======</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">and restart. After that your card should be recognized and the driver loaded. To confirm run:</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">$ lsmod | grep cx23885</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">and you should see the module loaded and other modules listed that use the driver.</font></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(44,44,44);color:rgb(132,132,132);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div><div>If stuck try google "HVR-1250 + mythtv" ... I got hips of threads about this card.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Igor</div><div><br><div>On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <span dir="ltr"><<a>batshua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><font face="georgia,serif">Okay, it's recognized on my friend's computer, at least to the extent that it wants to install drivers for a "Multimedia controller". Does this mean the card isn't compatible with my computer? Or could it be broken in some other way?</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia"></font> </div><div><font face="Georgia">What, if anything, should I do the test the card on his computer? It wasn't shown in the BIOS, and yet Windows seems to see it.</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Georgia">Or am I just SOL that my computer can't see it, and I need to buy a diferent card?</font></div><div><font face="Georgia"></font> </div><div><font face="Georgia">If it's incompatible, how do I determine compatibility with my computer for the next card? The old card was compatible with my LAST linux box, which is why I bought a replacement when the last one died.</font><font><font face="georgia,serif"></font></font></div>
<font><font face="georgia,serif"><div><br>Thanks so much for your help!</div></font><div></div></font><div></div><div>On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Zarthan South <span dir="ltr"><<a>zarthan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font><font face="georgia,serif">Okay, so update: I tried it in a different slot; it's definitely seated properly and as far as I can tell, it's not being seen by the BIOS or lspci. I have a friend who's willing to let me try it out in his computer, so that'll be the next step.</font></font><div>
<font><font face="georgia,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="georgia,serif">Thanks for the handholding!<br></font></font><div><div><br><div>On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <span dir="ltr"><<a>batshua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div>On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Zarthan South <span dir="ltr"><<a>zarthan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font><font face="georgia,serif">Uh, yeah, my computer doesn't do that. Is there a verbose setting I need to invoke?<br></font></font><br><div><div><div>On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Zarthan South <span dir="ltr"><<a>zarthan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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