[mythtv-users] Implementing HD-PVR IR Blaster (more)

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 20, 2009, at 11:30 PM, Philip Lowman wrote:

> Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
>> If you boot the live image, and the hdpvr is connected and powered on, its driver should
>> auto-load, but you'll still have to manually modprobe lirc_zilog. After you do that, take
>> a look at dmesg to see if lirc_zilog claims to have found anything.
> 
> Jarod,
> 
> I will try to get confirmation of this working under the Fedora 12
> Live CD as well (away from hdpvr box right now).
> 
> I do have a question if you have a moment though.  I built the kernel
> in your lirc git tree[1] thinking that it might get the HDPVR IR
> working.  I enabled all of the LIRC modules in make menuconfig
> including LIRC_ZILOG and after rebooting into the built kernel and
> modprobing lirc_zilog it didn't detect my IRC receiver (HDPVR was
> plugged in and turned on).
> 
> Is there anything else you can think of that would cause it not to work?

My lirc git tree is upstream linus + lirc. It doesn't have the not-even-in-v4l-dvb-hg-tip hdpvr IR part patches in it. You need those from elsewhere.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com