[mythtv-users] lirc issues after vacation
Davey McWatters
daveyiv at adelphia.net
Fri Jan 5 16:31:37 UTC 2007
Fred Clausen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Davey McWatters wrote:
>
>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2007, at 10:13 PM, Davey McWatters wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 4, 2007, at 10:07 PM, Davey McWatters wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you sure you have the correct kernel module installed? Your
>>>>> kernel might have updated and when you rebooted, you didn't have the
>>>>> lirc-kmdl installed for that kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm using ubuntu edgy, and don't have a yum. I tried it with apt-get and
>> I guess the ubuntu repository doesn't have lirc-kmdl for my kernel
>> verison. It says
>>
>> E: Couldn't find package lirc-kmdl-2.6.17-10-generic
>>
>> Any more ideas?
>>
>
> I really believe that the problem lies with the fact that you don't have
> the appropriate kernel module loaded, try:
>
> # modinfo lirc_i2c
>
> and see if any info is printed. You can also try:
>
> # modprobe lirc_i2c
>
> and see if that works. Chances are that you had the correct module
> before you updated your system but now the kernel module package has not
> been update but your kernel has. But I don't how the lirc kernel modules
> are packaged in Ubuntu. From some light googling, it seems you have to
> compile the drivers from source.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fred.
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I did a modinfo lirc_i2c and modprobe and they both seem to work fine.
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/misc/lirc_i2c.ko
description: Infrared receiver driver for Hauppauge and Pixelview
cards (i2c stack)
author: Gerd Knorr, Michal Kochanowicz, Christoph Bartelmus,
Ulrich Mueller, Stefan Jahn, Jerome Brock
license: GPL
vermagic: 2.6.17-10-generic SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
depends: i2c-core
srcversion: 24D5B1AE659A301B1B416CB
parm: debug:Enable debugging messages (bool)
parm: minor:Preferred minor device number (int)
Does this give you an information?
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