I guess I was in this list 10 years ago when it started. Unfortunately although I used Linux more than a decade it still eludes me mainly because I hate computers in general. The question that lingers in my mind is: why does Linux still have the same bugs that existed years ago coming back again and again? One problem I have at boot: ****************************************************** * Warning: The dma on your hard drive is turned off. * * This may really slow down the fsck process. * ****************************************************** I put PIIX module in initrd, compiled custom kernel, googled all around to no avail. Also changed PIIX=y in .config file. hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb works a minute and dma changes to (0) by itself. 2nd problem: Everything seems fine with my Hauppauge WinTV 350 board but TV never works. ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== ivtv: version 0.8.0 (tagged release) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.18.2-34-default SMP mod_unload 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 card (cx23415 based) ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes) ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes) tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPEG ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes) ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, card #0 ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== lsmod | grep ivtv: ivtv 175248 0 firmware_class 14080 1 ivtv cx2341x 15108 1 ivtv tveeprom 18448 1 ivtv videodev 26880 1 ivtv v4l1_compat 16388 2 ivtv,videodev v4l2_common 26240 6 msp3400,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev i2c_algo_bit 12808 2 ivtv,i2c_i810 i2c_core 25216 7 msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,tveeprom,i2c_algo_bit degan:# xawtv /dev/video This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18.2-34) /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway no way to get: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-) no way to get: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-) degan:# v4l-conf v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0 dga: version 2.0 mode: 1024x768, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=4096, base=0x48000000 /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support I tried to open any TV application but can't open /dev/video. however, ls -l /dev/vi* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video -> video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 16 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video16 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 24 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video24 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 32 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video32 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 48 2007-03-18 15:56 /dev/video48 and several other problems with a dualboot system that works 100% under Windows XP. System is slow and I can't watch TV so what is the use? Any clues? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org