The device was initially registered with Verizon using the VZaccess application on Windows. This may be a step that requires their annoy-ware. After that initial stage, the device contains an embedded phone number, that is required to do proper logging-in for National Access / Broadband Access.
Plugging this into a spare USB port on [...]

Upgrade to 2.6.22 seems to break *everything* in the ivtv suite. It all disappeared from the rpms, so we need to install from source.

ivtv
ivtv-fb
ivtv-xdriver
ivtvfbctl (now gone)

In particular, some web posts indicate that support for the PVR-350 has been eliminated somehow. This doesn’t seem to be completely true – but maybe there’s a problem [...]

Aim :

Enable a lightly used Linux machine to additionally host a MythTV video card.

Major Issues :

Upgrade to 2.6.22 breaks *everything* :

ivtv
ivtv-fb
ivtv-xdriver
ivtvfb-ctl (now gone)

Want to have two independent displays (two simultaneous X servers running)

Complex /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Need to use evdev to have dual keyboards

Toy with /etc/gdm/custom.conf (not necessary, hardly working)

Added a Belkin wireless keyboard (from woot.com)

Set up special [...]