[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers

[Alec Leamas]

On 31/08/15 17:59, Kirk Bocek wrote:
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> But to use lirc, you need to load a kernel driver.

Indeed.

> Hunting around, this was suggested in /etc/udev/rules.d:
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> SUBSYSTEM=="usb" , ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="20cc",
> SYMLINK+="remote", ACTION=="add"

That rule would just add a symlink if/when the device was created. I'm 
no udev guru, but in a situation like this I don't think udev adds 
anything useful (except if used to unbind the active driver, see my 
previous postings).

Check the dmesg output when physically reconnecting the device. I cannot 
read the whole thread, but as I understand the problem is not that there 
is no kernel driver loaded, but that the wrong (from our perspective) 
hidusb driver is loaded by the kernel.

Whatever driver the kernel loads for your device it should be obvious 
from the dmesg output.


Cheers!

--alec