[mythtv-users] LIRC RPM

[Jason White]

On a somewhat similar note, I've got the ATrpms kernel installed but
want to use the homebrew serial receiver instead of my Hauppage remote
(so it will work with the same remote as my TV uses).  I'm assuming that
this requires a lirc compile, which in turn requires a kernel compile so
that the lirc script can read the config files.  

I tried installing the source for the ATrpms kernel from the RPM but
nothing seems to get installed.  There's no error messages or
anything...it just doesn't seem to do any work and there's no files in
/usr/src/<axel's kernel..don't have version handy>

Has anyone successfully installed the src for the ATrpms kernel?  Any
clues on why it's not working for me?  Should I be able to make it work
without a recompile?  Right now when I run mode2 it gives me "device not
found" errors even though all of the files seem to be clearly installed.

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:03 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC RPM
> 
> On Friday, Sep 5, 2003, at 23:00 US/Pacific, Ignacio wrote:
> 
> > HI, i have a leadtek winfast 2000xp deluxe, and i want to get the
> > remote control working. I installed the atrpm version of 0.7.0pre2
and
> > i was wondering what is the proper way to set it up?
> 
> It won't work, at least not without some work. The ATrpms lirc is
> preconfigured for Hauppauge remotes (primarily for PVR-x50 users). You
> need to get the .src.rpm file, and rebuild for your remote. You have
to
> install it, edit the spec file, then build your own...
> 
> The primary line you'd need to change is this one:
> 	--with-driver=hauppauge
> 
> But there may be other tweaks needed, since you likely don't have all
> the ATrpms rpm macros...
> 
> The problem is that you can only build an lirc binary for one remote
> type at a time, so it would require building a bajillion or so kernel
> modules to cover all of them. Note that Freshrpms has an lirc also (
> http://shrike.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=155 ), but it is prebuilt for
> Pinnacle PCTV cards' remotes, and notes that you'll have to build your
> own if you want to use another remote (also note that the Freshrpms
one
> isn't patched to work with i2c 2.8.0 though, so it won't work with the
> latest ATrpms kernels, but should work w/stock RH kernels).
> 
> Axel, is there a way to clearly illustrate to people that the prebuilt
> ATrpms lirc will ONLY work with Hauppauge cards, and possibly give
them
> some insight into what they'd have to do to rebuild from the .src.rpm
> file for their own remote? I'll finally get some lirc rpm stuff into
> the guide this weekend...
> 
> --Jarod
> 
> --
> Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
> 
> Got a question? Read this first...
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> 
> MythTV, Red Hat Linux 9 & ATrpms documentation:
> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250