[mythtv-users] Update to lirc 0.8.5 breaks things

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Jarod Wilson<jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
>
>> I can confirm that updating lirc rpms to 0.8.5 broke lirc_mceusb2.
>> Reverting back to the following rpms fixed it.
>>
>> lirc-doc-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>> lirc-devel-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>> lirc-remotes-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>> lirc-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>> lirc-libs-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>>
>> No kernel changes were done, just reverted to the older lirc rpms.
>> I am still using the 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 kernel.
>>
>> I got the same errors:
>>
>> could not get hardware features
>> this device driver does not support the LIRC ioctl interface
>> make sure you use a current version of the driver
>> could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
>>
>> Well damn, that ain't good... Serves me right for not trying out 0.8.5
>> w/the current F10 kernel... So I need to figure out what to do to fix that
>> situation...
>>
>>
>> Fedora 10 will have a 2.6.29.x kernel in its updates repo Real Soon Now,
>> which should remedy the incompatibility with lirc 0.8.5. For the moment,
>> downgrading to 0.8.4a userspace or jumping to the 2.6.29.x kernel in
>> updates-testing are the most feasible work-arounds.
>>
>> I just updated to the kernel in updates-testing and all appears to be
>> fixed but the wife and kids will give it more "exercise" tomorrow and I'll
>> report any problems.
>
> Good to hear, apologies for not catching the fact there was an
> incompatibility. :\
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com

Jarod,

Hopefully you're still monitoring this thread but I had a question. Is
F10 destined to get a 2.6.29 kernel (i.e. not in updates-testing)? The
reason I ask as it has made getting the nvidia proprietary driver
difficult to get from a repo. Atrpms doesn't seem to have a matching
package (I'm running the VDPAU package from atrpms) so I have to use
the package from rpmfusion testing and I don't like mixing repos if I
can help it.

Thanks,
Richard