[ale] TV tuner card problem

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I have been soooo spoiled by Suse 8.1-9.0 that my current problems amplified.

I thought that Hauppauge TV cards were compatible with Linux, so I bought one.
A WinTV-250 PVR. To my surprise, it was not automatically detected. I manually 
added it using Yast2, but it still didn't work. 

As I did more digging, I learned that I need something called bttv compiled in 
the kernel (I think). I have searched for this "bttv" and have not been 
successful. Moreover, it is NOT available as a package in Yast2.

Questions:
1. Can anyone recommend a nice *hardware* TV tuner card that will be auto 
detected in Suse (8.2-9.1)?
2. Should I stick with the Hauppauge WinTV-250 PVR?
3. Where can I get bttv?


PS
Here is what happened when I went looking for bttv (recommended by various 
websites):

computer:~ # vim /etc/modules.conf
computer:~ # bttv
-bash: bttv: command not found
computer:~ # rmmod bttv
rmmod: module bttv is not loaded
computer:~ # modprobe bttv
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: init_module: 
No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including 
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod /lib/
modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod bttv 
failed
computer:~ # /sbin/modprobe bttv
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: init_module: 
No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including 
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod /lib/
modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod bttv 
failed
computer:~ # /sbin/modprobe tuner
computer:~ # /sbin/modprobe msp3400
computer:~ # /sbin/modprobe bttv
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: init_module: 
No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including 
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod /lib/
modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-athlon/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod bttv 
failed
computer:~ #

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