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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