[mythtv-users] USB UIRT: uirt2_raw: checksum error

[David Kramer]

matthew.garman at gmail.com wrote:
> Does anyone else have the USB UIRT device?  And if so, has it
> suddently stopped working with lirc?
> 
> This is what shows up in /var/log/messages:
> 
> Sep 28 21:33:33 cesspool lircd-0.8.2[3729]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Sep 28 21:33:33 cesspool lircd-0.8.2[3729]: uirt2_raw: checksum error
> Sep 28 21:33:34 cesspool lircd-0.8.2[3729]: uirt2_raw: UIRT version 0905 ok
> Sep 28 21:33:34 cesspool lircd-0.8.2[3729]: uirt2_raw: could not set DTR
> Sep 28 21:33:34 cesspool lircd-0.8.2[3729]: caught signal
> 
> I google'd around for this, and there seemed to be some indication
> that something got broke in the 2.6.22 kernel dealing with
> usb-serial (ftdi_sio?)... of course I can't remember the details
> now.

That post was from 10/07.  I'm having the same problem in 01/08 using f8
with a 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 kernel.  Other posts suggested this was an
upstream problem, as users from several distros are seeing it:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/293503

Is there anything I can do to fix/get around/debug this?

Thanks.