Is your card assigned an IRQ? Damir Perisa wrote: > hi all, > > is it possible that a pci card does not appear in lspci (supported by kernel) > when installed (hardware) in computer? > > case is: my laptop hdd crashed together with mainboard power control > problems. > ibm is searching for spare parts and hopefully will fix it tomorrow. > > in the meantime i took my old computer (compaq pressario 4830 - 266mhz 160mb, > 9 years old) and installed arch on it. everything fine (ftp-install from > 0.7-base), > > as this is not a laptop, i tried to run a tv-card (brand new... got it as > gift > some weeks ago) in it. it's pctv 110i and should be supported by kernel. the > worst thing is: > > it does not appear in lspci -v at all! i'm now wondering how this is > possible. > i even tried to exchange cards (network and pctv) and in lspci the network > card changes slot number but the pctv does not show up. > > if i try to load the needed module it shows up... but says something about > "needs EFBF" whatever this is...: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] damir]# modprobe saa7134 > Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded > bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture > bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled. > saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded > > does anybody know a reson for not "seeing" this card? > > i cannot install windows on this machine, because i cannot find the 9 year > old > win95b install cd or winnt4 cds... and newer windows i only have as rescue > discs... not very useful with such old hardware... i cannot test if card > works. > > bios of computer has no options related to pci. > > knoppix 3.9 shows same results as in arch (no pctv in lspci) > > if it may be related to kernel/udev, here the versions: > > kernel26 2.6.15-2 > udev 079-1 > > any input/help welcome, > > - D >
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