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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems that almost everyone who has used FC3 with
kernel 2.6.9 (or some deviant thereof) have had problems getting LIRC to
work. I have tried to get mine working, unsuccessfully. I am
following Jarod's guide, and have a PVR-250 using the IR receiver that comes
with it. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have done the fix found here: <A
href="http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=317">http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=317</A>
but I have not been able to get it to work. It worked after first
installing it, but died after the reboot (just like many other people have had
problems with). I have played with some of the suggestions posted on the
listserv as far as reinstalling LIRC, doing a "/sbin/depmod -a" and then
"/sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c", and then "/sbin/service lircd restart" (I've done
those 3 things in various orders) but that doesn't get it to work either.
Basically, when I run "/usr/bin/irw" it does nothing. If I do it
again, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can someone please post a workaround as far as how
they got it working? I'm still a n00b at this, so if you could be a bit
descriptive to help with my lack of knowledge with linux, that'd be
great.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Andy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FC3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kernel 2.6.9 (the one jarod's guide says to install
here: <A
href="http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#kernel">http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#kernel</A>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PVR-250 w/ grey remote and the packaged IR
receiver</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>