tvkort, ubuntu

Quck and dirty hack

Installing.
You will need the build-essential package and the kernel headers installed
Unpack the archive somewhere you like.
cd to the directory
type the following commands
make
sudo make install
It will throw up a few warnings, just ignore these for the moment. I will try and fix them at a later date.
plug in your tuner, check dmesg that it has been seen and check the modules using:
lsmod | grep dvb
you should see something like:
dvb_usb_rtl2831u 91396 8
dvb_usb 21644 1 dvb_usb_rtl2831u
dvb_core 82216 1 dvb_usb
dvb_pll 15492 1 dvb_usb
i2c_core 26112 3 dvb_usb,dvb_pll,i2c_piix4
usbcore 138632 6 ndiswrapper,dvb_usb_rtl2831u,dvb_usb,ehci_hcd,ohci _hcd

And thats it.
I have checked using Kaffeine on two separate computers, works a treat, to cut down on channel scan time, select your transmitter, else an auto scan will take ages.