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I always wanted a nice, cheap TV Tuner card for one of my spare computers (necesary now because of a Dreamcast I bought really cheap on eBay ). The thing is, I haven't gotten a lot of info about these cards. Do they need a high- or mid-end computer to run video smoothly? Can game consoles be connected with no problems? At what resolution can I get pretty good video quality, since most cheap TV Tuners out there only do 640x480? I'm seriously thinking about getting one soon, but I wish someone could send out some info on these. Thanks!

Quote: Anybody got a good one that is newer than my old horse? Well said. You should first look for a scanner that fulfills your needs and/or budget, then check to see if that scanner is compatible in Linux. Lots of USB scanners are working under Linux nowadays, so your search shouldn't take long

It should be best if you compiled the kernel completely from source. The problem with RPMs is that they're created with what the packager thinks are most useful, but not everything you'll need won't be supported by just installing the package. Even if it takes longer, just take the time to configure your kernel correctly and compile it. It'll save lots of problems in the long run.

Good for you! Have a whole lotta fun with that baby!

Hi all (first timer here) I've downloaded and compiled the shiny-new 2.6.0 stable kernel. It works like a charm, except for my modem. I have a PCTel HSP56 Micromodem that won't work in any way with this new kernel. It worked perfectly under 2.4.22 (the last kernel I had installed) with the last PCTel Linux drivers around (0.9.6). But now with all the changes of the new kernel, it won't compile. These are the last lines of the error msg I get with 'make': ---------------------------------------------------------------- ptmodule.c: In function `Pctel_module_init': ptmodule.c:19: warning: `MOD_INC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /usr/src/linux/include/linux/module.h:482) ptmodule.c: In function `Pctel_module_free': ptmodule.c:24: warning: `MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT' is deprecated (declared at /usr/src/linux/include/linux/module.h:494) ptmodule.c: In function `Pctel_module_is_free': ptmodule.c:29: `MOD_IN_USE' undeclared (first use in this function) ptmodule.c:29: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ptmodule.c:29: for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [ptmodule.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/downloads/pctel-0.9.6/src/module' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/downloads/pctel-0.9.6/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- If there's any help available, please tell me. This is the only thing preventing me from using Linux again full-time. Thanks in advance!