I have isolated the problems down to the following combination of things, Fedora Core 3 2.6.9 kernel and any ivtv driver Fedore Core 2 2.6.8 kernel and ivtv 0.19 2.6.9 kernel and any ivtv I got this combo working Fedora Core 2 2.6.8 and ivtv 0.20 I do have the newest pvr-350.