[mythtv-users] pvr250 dct2000 and modular serial port

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Saturday, Sep 27, 2003, at 18:17 US/Pacific, Gary Balliet wrote:

> Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, Sep 27, 2003, at 17:00 US/Pacific, Gary Balliet wrote:
>>
>>> But I would love to be able to
>>> control my dct 2000. Lonny has had some success - so has Ian. I'm 
>>> really
>>> curious as to whether Harondel has? As per Jarod's instructions I 
>>> have
>>> made my serial ports modular but now I am at a loss.
>>
>>
>> Huh? What instructions? I never wrote anything about making serial 
>> ports modular or trying to control a cable box...
>
> Sorry Jarod - I was refering to an old copy of 
> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250 - that 
> predated the apt-get kernels.

Whoa. That's going back at least 3 months... :)

> In it IIRC you covered how to get control of the serial port out of 
> the kernel for lirc to work properly.

Actually, I was completely mistaken, and it wasn't at all necessary for 
what I was covering (the PVR-250 remote interface). Some lirc drivers 
do require that serial support be switched from compiled in to modular, 
but I've never touched them myself. I dug up an old copy containing the 
bit about it, and I see what you're referring to. Just beware that I 
didn't have such a good grasp of things when I first wrote that. ;-p

> Sorry if I was unclear - wrote the list in desperation and fatigue 
> after fighting with the aforementioned dct problem all day.

Starting to make more sense to me now, but I don't have a clue what 
needs doing with the serial control of the cable box. I need to start 
looking into how to control my DCT5100 though...

> Thanks greatly for your how-to by the way. It and this project have 
> helped me develop linux skills far beyond what i had.

Glad to help!

> Still a newbie but at least I got past fearing anything that wasn't 
> rpm'ed.

The real fun begins when you start building your OWN rpms from the 
ground up... :)

--Jarod

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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