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= About me =

My name is Seif Lotfy and I'm from Cairo/Egypt. I am 22 and studying Computational Engineering at TU-Darmstadt (Germany).
I have been using Ubuntu since October 2004 when it was released. (I also orderd soem CDs to test if i would actually get them).
I am really into robots too and i have been participatign with the GermanTeam at the RoboCup since 2006. I also like programing GUIs alot.
blablablablablabla ...........
right now i am using Feisty
I will be testing Gutsy soon on a VM :)

= Projects =
I am trying to start a project called
'''Ubuntu GUI Team'''.
My intetion is to develop GUIs for text commandline/terminal based applications.
if interested please contact me.

= Contact =
if u want to contact me :

{*} E-Mail: seif@lotfy.com.

{*} MSN: xeifer@hotmail.com.

{*} ICQ: 21815774.

{*} Yahoo: seiflotfy.

{*} AOL: seiflotfy.

= Howto's =
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{{{lspci}}}  {{{lspci
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{{{0000:00:12.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)  {{{0000:00:12.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
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first make sure you have the packacges required for the configuration of the Card
open a console and type:
{{sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial linux-headers-`uname -r` dvb-utils}}
first make sure you have the packacges required for the configuration of the card, open a console and type:
 {{{sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial linux-headers-`uname -r` dvb-utils
}}}
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{{{cd /opt/
hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb||
 {{{cd /opt/
hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb
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do:
{{{sudo modprobe -r saa7134-alsa saa7134-dvb saa7134 && sudo modprobe saa7134 card=101 && sudo modprobe saa7134-dvb}}}
then:
{{{
echo "saa7134-dvb" >> /etc/modules}}}
then modprobe:
 {{{sudo modprobe -r saa7134-alsa saa7134-dvb saa7134 && sudo modprobe saa7134 card=101 && sudo modprobe saa7134-dvb
echo "saa7134-dvb" >> /etc/modules}}}
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now get the frimware compatible with your card from now  get the firmware compatible with your card from
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then "sudo" copy it to
/lib/firmware/2.6.17-10-generic/
then "sudo" copy it to /lib/firmware
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{{{sudo reboot  {{{sudo reboot
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now it is installed soon i will write another howto for scanning channels...
:)

 
use scantv or mythtv to scan for channels
i will wrtie a tutorial as soon as i get to it

About me

My name is Seif Lotfy and I'm from Cairo/Egypt. I am 22 and studying Computational Engineering at TU-Darmstadt (Germany). I have been using Ubuntu since October 2004 when it was released. (I also orderd soem CDs to test if i would actually get them). I am really into robots too and i have been participatign with the GermanTeam at the RoboCup since 2006. I also like programing GUIs alot. blablablablablabla ........... right now i am using Feisty I will be testing Gutsy soon on a VM Smile :)

Projects

I am trying to start a project called Ubuntu GUI Team. My intetion is to develop GUIs for text commandline/terminal based applications. if interested please contact me.

Contact

if u want to contact me :

Ubuntu E-Mail: seif@lotfy.com.

Ubuntu MSN: xeifer@hotmail.com.

Ubuntu ICQ: 21815774.

Ubuntu Yahoo: seiflotfy.

Ubuntu AOL: seiflotfy.

Howto's

Howto install Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1100 under Ubuntu(Edgy)

This howto is for installing Hauppuage WinTV HVR 1100 under Ubuntu "might work for other wintv cards" no guarantee though...

I used this froum its in french though --> http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=73834&p=1

Here we go first check if your card got detected

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