[mythtv-users] Lirc - ARGH!

[Gabe Knuth]

Ok, so I've followed Jarod's HowTo and it has worked beautifully.except for
the LIRC part.  When I run "apt-get install lirc-kmdl-$MYKERNEL", I am given
the following error:

 

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[root at localhost]# apt-get install lirc-kmdl-$MYKERNEL

Reading Package Lists... Done

Building Dependency Tree... Done

E: Couldn't find package lirc-kmdl-2.4.20-8

[root at localhost]# rpm -q up2date

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Consider me baffled.  Do I need to upgrade the kernel (please say no), or is
there something I can do to get the right version.  Can I cheat and just say
that $MYKERNEL = something that exists already?

 

I've also tried to download LIRC from SourceForge (version 0.6.6) and get
all sorts of errors after running make.  The output from make looks like
this: 

 

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[root at localhost lirc-0.6.6]# make

cd . \

  && CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h \

     /bin/sh ./config.status

config.status: creating config.h

config.status: config.h is unchanged

make  all-recursive

make[1]: Entering directory `/root/downloads/lirc-0.6.6'

Making all in drivers

make[2]: Entering directory `/root/downloads/lirc-0.6.6/drivers'

Making all in lirc_serial

make[3]: Entering directory `/root/downloads/lirc-0.6.6/drivers/lirc_serial'

DIR=`pwd`; (cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/; make SUBDIRS=$DIR
obj-m=lirc_serial.o modules)

/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/scripts/pathdown.sh: line 4: TOPDIR: parameter null
or not set

make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'

make[4]: *** No rule to make target `lirc_serial.o', needed by `modules'.
Stop.

make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'

make[3]: *** [lirc_serial.o] Error 2

make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/downloads/lirc-0.6.6/drivers/lirc_serial'

make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/downloads/lirc-0.6.6/drivers'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/downloads/lirc-0.6.6'

make: *** [all] Error 2

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Sorry for all the pastes, but I'm just grasping now.  I've gone just a tad
beyond my linux abilities here, although I'm learning a lot (especially
while trying to get XMLTV to work without using apt-get!)

 

As usual, any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,
Gabe

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