[mythtv-users] FC6 LIRC update issue
William Munson
william_munson at bellsouth.net
Sat Sep 22 11:33:58 UTC 2007
mythtv-users at jaredharvey.com wrote:
> Hello mythtv-users,
>
> Recently updated due to the DS things. I ran into a problem with the
> remote however. Currently the remote doesn't function and we have to
> use a keyboard to navigate Myth. I'd like to get the remote back to
> working.
>
> I originally followed good old Jarod's guide, and followed it for the
> upgrade as well. I think my problem may be that the kernel drivers
> don't exist yet for my particular flavored kernel. I'm not certain
> about this as other modules were integrated into the kernel. Perhaps I
> simply have to configure it differently.
>
> Here is where I'm at now,
>
> [root at mrs ~]# /sbin/depmod -a
> [root at mrs ~]# /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c
> FATAL: Module lirc_i2c not found.
> FATAL: Error running install command for lirc_i2c
> [root at mrs ~]# irw
> connect: No such file or directory
>
> Here is some feed back from the machine.
>
> [root at mrs ~]# echo $KVER
> 2.6.22.5-49.fc6
> [root at mrs ~]# yum list installed | grep lirc
> lirc.i386 0.8.3-70_cvs20070827.f installed
> lirc-devices.noarch 0.8-4.fc6 installed
> lirc-doc.i386 0.8.1-1.fc6 installed
> lirc-lib.i386 0.8.3-70_cvs20070827.f installed
> [root at mrs ~]# yum list installed | grep ivtv
> ivtv-devel.i386 1:1.0.2-134.fc6 installed
> ivtv-firmware.noarch 2:20070217-13.at installed
> ivtv_xdriver.i386 0.10.7-8_r3843.fc6.at installed
> perl-Video-ivtv.i386 0.13-8.fc6.at installed
> [root at mrs ~]#
> [root at mrs ~]# lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> r128 39873 3
> drm 80085 4 r128
> autofs4 24773 2
> nf_conntrack_ftp 13761 0
> nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 7105 0
> ipt_REJECT 8641 1
> nf_conntrack_ipv4 21837 15
> xt_state 6593 15
> nf_conntrack 64713 4 nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
> nfnetlink 9945 2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
> iptable_filter 7105 1
> ip_tables 16517 1 iptable_filter
> ip6t_REJECT 9537 1
> xt_tcpudp 7233 48
> ip6table_filter 6849 1
> ip6_tables 17669 1 ip6table_filter
> x_tables 18629 6 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ip6_tables
> sunrpc 161981 1
> xfs 493209 2
> dm_mirror 25153 0
> dm_multipath 21961 0
> dm_mod 57089 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
> video 21065 0
> sbs 22729 0
> button 12113 0
> dock 13921 0
> battery 14149 0
> ac 9285 0
> ipv6 277957 32 ip6t_REJECT
> lp 16105 0
> msp3400 32993 0
> saa7127 15445 0
> saa7115 19025 0
> tuner 61801 0
> snd_intel8x0 36061 1
> snd_ac97_codec 96613 1 snd_intel8x0
> ac97_bus 6465 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_seq_dummy 7877 0
> snd_seq_oss 33473 0
> snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss
> joydev 13825 0
> snd_seq 50609 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device 11981 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> ivtv 125521 0
> snd_pcm_oss 43456 0
> snd_mixer_oss 19521 2 snd_pcm_oss
> i2c_algo_bit 10053 1 ivtv
> snd_pcm 74949 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> cx2341x 15557 1 ivtv
> tveeprom 19153 1 ivtv
> iTCO_wdt 14693 0
> snd_timer 24901 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> floppy 58661 0
> videodev 30785 1 ivtv
> iTCO_vendor_support 7877 1 iTCO_wdt
> snd 53317 9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> e100 38349 0
> v4l2_common 20801 7 msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev
> i2c_i801 12369 0
> soundcore 11681 2 snd
> v4l1_compat 17349 2 ivtv,videodev
> i2c_core 27841 8 msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_i801
> mii 9409 1 e100
> parport_pc 30821 1
> snd_page_alloc 13769 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> parport 38281 2 lp,parport_pc
> ide_cd 40545 0
> pl2303 23621 1
> cdrom 37089 1 ide_cd
> serio_raw 10821 0
> usbserial 35753 3 pl2303
> rtc_cmos 12001 0
> ata_piix 18757 0
> libata 120241 1 ata_piix
> sd_mod 31297 0
> scsi_mod 140621 2 libata,sd_mod
> ext3 125513 1
> jbd 59881 1 ext3
> mbcache 12485 1 ext3
> ehci_hcd 35405 0
> ohci_hcd 23877 0
> uhci_hcd 27089 0
> [root at mrs ~]#
>
> The machine is a dell desktop tower, with a single PVR350. I didn't
> see anything out of the ordinary in dmesg. Per Jarod's guide I've
> added these lines in modprobe.conf
>
> #ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c
>
> The fact that I have irw tells me it's probably a configuration
> problem. I just don't know what the configuration problem is, or how
> to correct it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jared Harvey HAM KB1GTT
>
> e-mail jared at jaredharvey.com
> Web page http://jaredharvey.com
>
>
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Just a FYI. The 2.6.22 kernel has built in support for ivtv and alsa so
you no longer need or want to load kernel modules for those programs.
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