[mythtv-users] lirc_serial woes

[Phill Edwards]

Have you added a line for lirc_serial to /etc/modprobe.conf? I believe this 
needs to go at or near the top of the file (don't know why).

Are you sure that a module has been created for it? Go to /lib/modules/<your 
kernel version num> and do a find for lirc_serial.ko (or something like 
that) to make sure that it's been compiled as a module.

Also, you need to ensure that /dev/lirc is a symbolic link to /dev/ttyS0 
(assuming you're on the 1st serial port).

Then when you run /sbin/modprobe lirc_serial you should be able to see 
something about it loading either on the screen or in /var/log/messages.

I don't _think_ you should need to download and compile lirc - it should all 
work with the ATRpms. But then I haven't got this working yet either so I'm 
no expert!

Regards,
Phill

>From: Noel Murphy <bnmurphy at rogers.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] lirc_serial woes
>Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:29:25 -0500
>
>I was hoping people here could help me.
>
>I am having trouble getting my homebrew IR receiver working. I'm running 
>Fedora Core 2, with kernel 2.6.9.
>
>The receiver I'm using is this one: http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/
>
>I tried following the directions on the IR receiver's webpage, but I'm 
>having no luck.
>Since I've followed Jarod's guide for my mythtv setup, I already have lirc 
>installed (and running). However, I think it is configured wrong.
>I tried running mode2, to view that the buttons on the remote were getting 
>through, but I get the following:
>
>This program is only intended for receivers supporting the pulse/space 
>layer.
>Note that this is no error, but this program simply makes no sense for your
>receiver.
>In order to test your setup run lircd with the --nodaemon option and
>then check if the remote works with the irw tool.
>
>I think the issue is that I don't have the lirc_serial module loaded.
>When I run: /sbin/modprobe lirc_serial, I get
>
>FATAL: Module lirc_serial not found.
>
>Sorry if this seems really basic, but modules / drivers etc is always the 
>part of linux that I have never figured out.
>
>Do I need to recompile lirc to get the lirc_serial module available to me? 
>I did download the latest version of lirc and ran the ./setup program, 
>chose the corresponding serial port / interrupt. Then I chose the "save 
>configuration and run configure", however I then get the error that I don't 
>have the kernel source install.
>
>I did an apt-get source kernel and I got a "kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2.src.rpm" 
>file at the root of my disk. Running the ./setup again still says I don't 
>have the source installed.
>
>I'm totally confused. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Noel
>
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