[lug] xawtv/video frame grabber question

[Bear Giles]

I have a weird problem with a video frame grabber.  I originally 
attempted to contact the author of xawtv, but his mail host is one 
of those that refuse mail from cable modem users and after further 
research I'm not sure if the problem is in the application or 
kernel....

In a nutshell, I have a 2.4.20 kernel, 4.x X server, and a BTTV 
card.  Xawtv works - I can watch either TV or a camcorder.  (The 
channels are off by one, but that's a minor nit.)

However I can't grab the image.  It's not just the problems caused 
by the Xvideo extensions (which I can turn off) - both the webcam 
and came applications report that it's impossible to throw the 
frame grabber card into the proper mode.

Has anyone else encountered a similar problem, or more importantly 
found a way to fix it?

BTW, I would test the card under Windows, just to make sure it's 
not some weird hardware fault, but since I only have the 
distribution CD and my original (consumer-version) Windows ME disc 
I'm missing three drivers.  Two unnamed, to add that extra touch 
of elegance to search attempts.  (yeah, two unnamed drivers for 
unknown devices... should be a piece of cake to find.)  That's 
still better than the el-cheapo CompUSA USB card that is missing 
five separate drivers... and customer support is very unhelpful 
since they "know" that Windows ME provides those drivers and I'm 
just some doofus who can't figure out how to run "Add Program."

Bear