[mythtv-users] New kernel and lirc issue

[Carl Fongheiser]

On 10/24/06, John Haritos <jharitos at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks pebender. That fixed the problem. The kernel is also taking control
> of the serial port as well so my IR blaster doesn't work (just lights up at
> boot). I tried 'blacklist serial' but this didn't work. Does anyone know
> what I should add to blacklist the serial port. It's COM1.
>
> Thanks again pebender. I would've never figured it out on my own.
>
>
Use "setserial" for this.  In particular, "setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none".

In your modprobe.conf, you can use a line like this:

install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none; /sbin/modprobe
--ignore-install lirc_serial

Carl Fongheiser
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