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I have a Ubuntu Linux host and a Windows XP guest. I'm having problems getting the xp guest to install/setup a SAA7135 tv/capture card thats on the PCI bus. it sees it as an unknown device and everytime I install the driver it says this isn't for this device. On the Linux host I downloaded a driver for it but it won't compile because of errors and I can't seem to fix it. Is the reason I can't get the driver to recognize on the guest is because there is no driver for it on the host? Or is it another reason?

First thing you need to do is install the guest additions on the XP guest in safe mode to be sure that you have the proper drivers loaded. Then if it does not work it may be because the 3D effects are not compatible yet. See snip from the VirtualBox users guide below.

4.8. Hardware 3D acceleration (OpenGL and DirectX 8/9)
For Windows guests, support is restricted to 32-bit versions of XP and Vista. Both OpenGL and DirectX 8/9 are supported (experimental).

VBOX like any other virtualiazer does not support pci devices. Forget it.

Solve the driver problems in a Linux Forum. Or buy hardware that is supported out of the box.

There is no other approach like these 2 solutions.

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