[mythtv-users] new kernel problems

[Jim Coates]

I am running gentoo and doing an emerge update, I got a new kernel.  I have
an issue and the question.  One, I am running 2 pvr-250s.  Should I see bttv
loaded with lsmod?  I do and it is aliased to char-major-81 in
/etc/modules.d/aliases... here are the references:

aliases:alias char-major-81     bttv
ivtv:alias char-major-81 videodev
ivtv:alias char-major-81-0 ivtv

is that right or should I remove the bttv line from aliases?  I don't have
any video issues.

The problem I have now is with lirc.  I was running 0.7.0_pre7 before the
new kernel but I seem to remember kernel configure options for lirc that I
do not see in my 2.6.7 kernel.  Must I have patched my old 2.6.5 to get
them?  Either way, i build 0.7.0_pre7 again from source and it installed
fine.  lircd runs as does irexec but lircd is pointing to /dev/lircd which I
don't think is right.  I think it used to point to /dev/lirc/lirc0 but in
dev I only have lircmd, lircd and lirc now, no sub-devices.  When I do a ps
aux, I see these lines which make me think the devices are initialized
somewhere...

root      4676  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S    01:22   0:00 [lirc_dev]
root      4678  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S    01:22   0:00 [lirc_dev]

Here's my lsmod output:

Module                  Size  Used by
agpgart                33192  0
nvidia               4818804  12
8139too                23680  0
snd_intel8x0           34440  0
snd_ac97_codec         67844  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart         8064  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi            25380  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_oss            34048  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7808  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                53264  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8584  3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            53800  0
snd_pcm                96392  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc         11912  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_timer              25860  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          20352  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    55012  12
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_
midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_os
s
rtc                    12856  0
usbcore               111328  1
xfs                   609336  1
bttv                  149964  0
video_buf              21124  1 bttv
v4l2_common             6400  1 bttv
btcx_risc               5000  1 bttv
soundcore              10336  2 snd,bttv
lirc_i2c                8068  0
lirc_dev               12680  3 lirc_i2c
tveeprom               10144  0
ivtv                  801444  2
tuner                  17676  0
saa7115                12164  0
msp3400                27812  0
i2c_algo_bit            9480  2 bttv,ivtv
i2c_core               24212  7
bttv,lirc_i2c,tveeprom,tuner,saa7115,msp3400,i2c_algo_bit
videodev               10368  2 bttv,ivtv
dm_mod                 43808  2
ide_cd                 40736  0
cdrom                  37660  1 ide_cd