Hi have been struggling for a some time now to get my tt-budget card to work in Linux (Gentoo with the latest 2.4 kernel, Athlon 1600+ with 1gig ram), but with no success. The card works perfectly in the same machine when booting to Win2k. The Signal level in windows is between 83% - 100% and the Quality is 100%. But when I switch to Linux, the quality drops radically. When running VDR with the femon plugin, I'll get a "pumping" action for the second bar (I guess it's the signal-quality bar), and at between zero and the red area.
When the "pumping" has been for a while (maybe 10 -20 sec), the signal gets steady, and the channel locks in on some channels. Most channels won't tune in at all, but those who tune, work only after much swapping between channels before the signal is tuned in.
I have the copied the ttlcdacc.dll file from the TT-install directory to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/tda1004x.bin as described in the docs, and it get's loaded (atleast no errors in /var/lib/messages)