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From: forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:02:06
Message-Id: 20070927044038.GA29173@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset by "W.Kenworthy"
1 On 08:43 Thu 27 Sep , W.Kenworthy wrote:
2 > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:25 -0500, Dan Farrell wrote:
3 > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:29:45 -0500
4 > > forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > ...
6 > >
7 > > Have you looked at 'lsusb' output yet? That usually gives data
8 > > relevant to the chipset (for example, what it is and who made it ;) )
9 >
10 > Also take the hhhh:hhhh hex number (see 413c:3010 below) that lsusb
11 > spits out, and google that if lsusb itself gives unknown. It basically
12 > specifies the manufacturer and chipset/model. lsbusb -v is also
13 > helpful.
14 >
15 > i.e.,
16 > >lsusb
17 > ...
18 > Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
19 > ...
20 > >
21 >
22 >
23 >
24 > --
25 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
26 >
27 >
28
29 All great suggestions, except I'm hoping to see if it might work before
30 I buy it. I really don't like the prospect of spending money on hardware
31 just for things to turn out that it doesn't work in Linux.
32
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Re: [gentoo-user] Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>