[mythtv-users] lirc compile problem

[Asciimonster]

J. Donavan Stanley wrote:

> Asciimonster wrote:
>
>> J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
>>
>>> Does "/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-99" exist?
>>
>> Erm. No `uname -r` equals `linux-2.4.21-99-default. How do I change 
>> that?
>
>
> It might be as simple as re-running configure.  Somehow lirc thinks 
> your kernel source should be in "/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-99"...  You 
> could also just create a symlink that points to the proper directory 
> i.e.  "ln -s /path/to/real/kernel-source  /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-99"

As it turns out, there WAS a symlink in place from linux-2.4.21-99 to 
linux-2.4.21-99-default.
The file
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-99/scripts/pathdown.sh
exists, but returns:
TOPDIR: parameter null or not set

I looked at the code of pathdown.sh, and $TOPDIR is supposed to be an 
evinronment variable, but it's not set. Any idea what it should be 
pointing to? (the top directory of what?)