[mythtv-users] Slightly OT:upgrading an old ivtv without upgrading the world?

[David Schmidt]

A few months back (possibly longer) I setup my prototype system:

- FC3
- Jarod's Guide
- P3/450
- SBLive/Value
- PVR-350 for both capture and accelarated playback.

It's worked flawlessly.  Pretty much become a trusted appliance.  WAF
is infinitely high.

So of couse, I decide to change something (-;

I had never setup the remote, so wanted to make sure I could before I
ordered parts for the production system.  So, back to Jarod's Guide
(the FC3 version) I go.  For both

apt-get install lirc-kmdl-$KVER     and
apt-get install lirc

it said they were already installed, so I went through the last few
steps.  The module loaded fine, the daemon came up, but when irw ran
it immediately exited with no message and at the same time
/var/log/messages talked about conflicts with the bttv driver and
can't open /dev/lirc and the daemon caught a signal.  I was puzzled
since I thought bttv was for frame grabbers, which I don't use.
Indeed, nothing bttv in lsmod or modprobe.conf.  Searching found:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/198042?search_string=lirc%20pvr%20bttv;#198042

which looked like the same situation, so I adapted the yum suggestions
a few post down to apt-get:

apt-get remove ivtv
apt-get install ivtv-0.6.1-109.rhfc4.at.i386

and it told me that version was no longer available.

apt-get install ivtv

made me choose between the SMP and nonSMP version and then

apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-2.6.12-2.3.legacy_FC3

told me it would need a later version of vmlinuz.  That sounds to me
like the kernel.  I have no idea how to update just the kernel, so
since I new it would prompt me, I did a:

apt-get dist-upgrade

when it informed me it would "56 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 2
replaced, 6 removed and 5 not upgraded." I said no, thanks, imagining
what all that would break.

So, any ideas on how I can get my remote, and now ivtv working with
minimal sweat.  I'd rather not have to rebuild a lot since shortly
after this all works I'm starting the production system and once
that's stable the prototype machine is getting wiped to make a
standard desktop.

Many thanks to all!!!!