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kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: bt848 #0 passed test.

kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0x60

kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [(unset)]

kernel: i2c-core.o: client [(unset)] registered to adapter [bt848

#0](pos. 0).

kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 0.

kernel: tuner: type set to 1 (Philips PAL_I)

kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found

kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found

You can now proceed to use your TV tuner by loading up XawTV.

In case you are not hearing any audio, you need to load the

tvaudio module

# modprobe tvaudio

This was required for our ProVideo PV951 card.

XawTV is a powerful utility for TV display and capture. One of

the features that it lacks is the ability to quickly scan and set

channels. Alternatively, you can use kwinTV, one of the more

popular software that has this feature.

Once you are happy with the settings you can move the settings

into /etc/conf.modules by adding the following

alias char-major-89 i2c-dev

options i2c-core i2c_debug=1

options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1

alias char-major-81 videodev

alias char-major-81-0 bttv

options bttv card=42

options tuner debug=1

alias char-major-81-1 tvaudio

Happy TV watching in Linux!