[mythtv-users] Can't see my tuner card?

[Batshua bat Yehonatan]

Okay, it's recognized on my friend's computer, at least to the extent that
it wants to install drivers for a "Multimedia controller". Does this mean
the card isn't compatible with my computer? Or could it be broken in some
other way?

What, if anything, should I do the test the card on his computer? It wasn't
shown in the BIOS, and yet Windows seems to see it.

Or am I just SOL that my computer can't see it, and I need to buy a
diferent card?

If it's incompatible, how do I determine compatibility with my computer for
the next card? The old card was compatible with my LAST linux box, which is
why I bought a replacement when the last one died.

Thanks so much for your help!
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Zarthan South <zarthan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <batshua at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Okay, so update: I tried it in a different slot; it's definitely seated
>> properly and as far as I can tell, it's not being seen by the BIOS or
>> lspci. I have a friend who's willing to let me try it out in his computer,
>> so that'll be the next step.
>>
>> Thanks for the handholding!
>>
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <batshua at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, on next reboot, I'll look around.
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Zarthan South <zarthan at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Uh, yeah, my computer doesn't do that. Is there a verbose setting I
>>>>> need to invoke?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Zarthan South <zarthan at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>>>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, I'm looking at "Onboard Devices Configuration", which
>>>>>>> seems to list stuff including my wireless card. It's not there. Does that
>>>>>>> sound like the right place to be looking?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>>>>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure where I should be looking in the BIOS. Where might it
>>>>>>>> be hiding? I'm checking every tab, but maybe I don't know what I'm looking
>>>>>>>> at? I hate this new BIOS. :/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Simon Hobson <
>>>>>>>> linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Batshua bat Yehonatan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  I have an WinTV HVR 1250.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is a relatively new card; I bought it to replace an older one
>>>>>>>>>> that got damaged in transit.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My new computer (rebuilt almost entirely from scratch) can't see
>>>>>>>>>> it in lspci.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can you try the card in another machine ?
>>>>>>>>> Have you another card you can try in that slot ?
>>>>>>>>> Does it show in any BIOS screens during boot ?
>>>>>>>>> Does anything change if you swap cards around slots within the
>>>>>>>>> same machine ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These ought to track down whether it's a card problem, or a
>>>>>>>>> machine problem, or some combination. I think (though could be wrong) that
>>>>>>>>> devices should show up with lspci even if there are no drivers loaded for
>>>>>>>>> them, but just in case it is a software/driver (though the 1250 is hardly
>>>>>>>>> what you could call bleeding edge) issue :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you boot from an up to date (for example) Knoppix disk, does it
>>>>>>>>> show up ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Simon Hobson
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The suggestion wasn't about looking in the BIOS setup but watching
>>>>>> for the card during the computer boot up as the BIOS initializes things
>>>>>> like RAM and hard disks etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> In the BIOS setup there is usually something under boot options like
>>>> Quiet or Silent.
>>>>
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> Good luck and thanks for updating the thread.
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