R5a30.2
P4 3.2 478
2gb DDR
160GB IDE
Nvidia 6600 (component out) HD480i
Sound blaster audigy
Dlink GB Nic
MCEUSB2 USB w/Remote
Logitech MX wireless mouse/keybord

Okay I have an older PVR-500 works great I decided because my wife is trying to record everything under the sun to add another PVR-500, turns out the new PVR-500 has Samsung tuners in it, so when I put the card in the computer I see ivtv loading it but when it gets to GDM it starts i get a black screen for 5min then it drops to console without an error.

I did some research and found that ivtv 0.4.0 doesnt like the samsung tuners so i did the following to install 0.4.3 which is supposed to support the new PVR-500.
cd /usr/src
wget <latest ivtv 0.4.3>
tar zxfv ivtv-0.4.3.tar.gz
cd ivtv-0.4.3
make
make install
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no luck, when I pull the new card out of the system it loads fine,
So i figure there can only be a few possibilities,
-: I installed the new driver wrong
-: computer just doesnt like 2 PVR-500's in it at the same time

As the screen flashes by I see a Cannot Probe /Dev/video0
Please help

Yes I'm a total Linux Newb which is why I'm trying to include as much detail as I can so you have a chance at seeing what i did wrong

Looks like you're missing a few steps. Follow these directions: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=CompileIvtv They should be more complete.

Also see these: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=PVR500DualTuner and make sure your set up is correct.

Okay I did that and now no matter how long I wait I don't get a console and I cant telnet (or ping) the box, its like it completly locked up

hit shift during post so that it brings up the lilo menu and type:
linux init=/bin/sh

it will boot and dump you to root prompt.
look at your XFree86.0.log in /var/log to see why its failing.

Also scan through your messages file back to the point of the last lockup.