hello folks. I've been trying to get this card to work and I'm getting my ass kicked. suse 7.3/xfree4.2/nvidia closed source driver/2.4.19 bttv patched to 0.7.100. I try to bring kwintv and I see the composite input perfectly... for between 2 and 5 seconds. Then the machine freezes. time for reset button. It must be something broken with the ali 1647 chipset I've got. I know that the agp is broken. had to use the NVdriver module to get the video card to work. anybody got one of these beasts to work? oh, i usually see lots of SCERR in the logfile, but usually the last entry is the clip line and then nothing... i've tried no_overlay but then I get nothing on the screen. thanks Jason /etc/modules.conf: options bttv bttv_debug=1 irq_debug=1 vsfx=1 radio=0 lspci -v: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown device 1647 (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5247 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-e7ffffff 00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at eb004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown device 5451 (rev 02) Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown device 5451 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 I/O ports at d000 [size=256] Memory at eb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:04.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c4) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at d400 [size=16] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:06.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at eb001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M1533 Aladdin IV ISA Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device f312 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Memory at eb003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 05) Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4760 SBLive! Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at e000 [size=32] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 05) Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at e400 [size=8] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Tekram Technology Co.,Ltd. TRM-S1040 (rev 01) Subsystem: Tekram Technology Co.,Ltd. TRM-S1040 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Memory at eb005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 11) Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0004 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12 Memory at eb006000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:0d.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 11) Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0004 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12 Memory at eb007000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root> 00:11.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M7101 Power Management Controller Flags: medium devsel 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0171 (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Micro-star International Co Ltd: Unknown device 8611 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11 Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <available only to root> Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.100 loaded Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for capture Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv: Host bridge is Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1647 Northbridge [MAGiK 1 / MobileMAGiK 1] Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv: Host bridge needs VSFX enabled. Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0d.0, irq: 12, latency: 32, mmio: 0xeb006000 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: detected: AVerMedia TVCapture 98 [card=13], PCI subsystem ID is 1461:0004 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: using: BT878(AVerMedia TVCapture 98) [card=13,autodetected] Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: enabling VSFX Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 0. Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW HLOCK* HLOC => yes Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: Avermedia eeprom[0x4002]: tuner=2 radio:no remote control:no Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: using tuner=2 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951) Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: i2c-core.o: driver generic i2c audio driver registered. Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered. Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: tuner: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter [id=0x10005] Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc2 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236 and compatibles)) Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips NTSC (FI1236 and compati,ok] Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Philips NTSC (FI1236 and compati] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0). Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW HLOCK* VPRES* HLOC => no PRES => no Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... <7>bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: FMTCHG* VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW NUML => 525 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: HSYNC OFLOW HLOCK* VPRES* HLOC => yes PRES => yes Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW HLOCK* HLOC => no Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: ok Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: registered device video0 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: registered device vbi0 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: open called Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: Display at d8000000 is 1024 by 768, bytedepth 2, bpl 2048 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC OFLOW HLOCK* HLOC => yes Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: open called Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC HLOCK* VPRES* HLOC => no PRES => no Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC HLOCK* VPRES* HLOC => yes PRES => yes Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: HSYNC HLOCK* HLOC => no Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: clip: ro=06710000 re=06708000 Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC FBUS FDSR PABORT SCERR* Oct 19 11:41:58 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=067100ac Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: HSYNC FBUS SCERR* Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=06710014 Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=1 risc=0, bits: SCERR* Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=0671001c Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC VPRES* FDSR PRES => no Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC VPRES* PRES => yes Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC HLOCK* HLOC => yes Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC HLOCK* VPRES* HLOC => no PRES => no Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: PLL: switching off Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: FMTCHG* HSYNC NUML => 525 Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: HSYNC HLOCK* VPRES* HLOC => yes PRES => yes Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC HLOCK* HLOC => no Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: clip: ro=06710000 re=06708000 Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: irq loop=0 risc=0, bits: VSYNC HSYNC HLOCK* HLOC => yes Oct 19 11:41:59 bigdog kernel: bttv0: clip: ro=06710000 re=06708000