[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 10.10 lost LIRC support
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
Mon Oct 11 21:25:50 UTC 2010
On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 10, 2010, at 11:49 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:
>>>> Greg,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for replying, especially during football.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the output from lsmod:
>>>>
>>>> $ lsmod | grep ir
>>>> lirc_i2c 5825 0
>>>> lirc_dev 9393 1 lirc_i2c
>>>> nf_conntrack_irc 3348 0
>>>> nf_conntrack 63258 7
>>>> ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
>>>>
>>>> Does this say anything that points to a problem or solution?
>>>
>>> can you do that again after you purge lirc-modules-source and reboot..
>>> Those module names are from the older 0.8.6 packages.. If you are
>>> runnign 10.10, the names should reflect ir_core, ir_{etc...}..
>>
>> Not quite. There's still lirc_dev and lirc_i2c that have been merged in the kernel as well. The ir-core parts are for drivers that have been ported, which does not include lirc_i2c.
>>
>> I suspect the problem is lirc_i2c trying to be bound to a zilog chip, which is no longer possible (i.e., try lirc_zilog).
>>
>
> I was hoping you would chime in!
>
> I know personally, I am going to kernels <=2.6.34 until the kinks are
> worked out :)
I sent mail to a few Ubuntu kernel/lirc/myth people today along with links to patches I thought they should pull into the Ubuntu kernel to improve the IR experience. There's been a fair amount of ongoing activity upstream. Still not certain what the OP's issue here is though...
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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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