> is this the only info displayed from /var/log/dmesg about the bttv chip? > The only thing that spit out with: Command issued: insmod bttv card=0 tuner=4 radio=0 bttv_verbose=2 /var/log/messages: kernel: bttv0: unloading kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.72 loaded kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). kernel: bttv0: Bt848 (rev 18) at 00:11.0, irq: 17, latency: 32, memory: 0xdb001000 kernel: bttv0: model: BT848A( *** UNKNOWN *** ) [insmod option] kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: Adapter: bt848 #0 scl: 0 sda: 0 -- testing... kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: bt848 #0 seems to be busy.