[mythtv-users] Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25

[Michael Jones]

Thanks Jarod!  I'll stop beating my head against the wall.



On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>
>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's  
>> having a problem.
>>
>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10.  It worked VERY well in FC8  
>> but has subsequently broken.
>>
>> I'm running:
>>
>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>
>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and  
>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>
> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc 0.8.4a  
> for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the fact  
> lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the moment.  
> However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to test it  
> out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed, I'll push  
> a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with links to it  
> for testing.
>

Ok.. Thanks.   I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what  
happens.  As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest at  
greatest".  Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.


> ...
>> I've heard that you need to completely disable the serial driver in  
>> FC10 for it to work.. How's this done?
>
> setserial /dev/ttySX uart none

That's what I tried.. wasn't sure if that was the "trick", but seeing  
as it's busted in the first place it would explain why it STILL didn't  
work.

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