[mythtv-users] New kernel and lirc issue

[Joel Means]

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John Haritos 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.
> 
> John Haritos wrote: 
>>> Hello All 
>>>
>>> I ended up upgrading me kernel to 2.6.17 to fix my LiveTV video issues which it did. 
>>> The only problem is that the kernel auto detects my ATI USB Remote at boot and then 
>>> takes control of the remote so this means I can't use lirc and in turn the lircrc 
>>> file for mythtv. Is there a way to turn off this detection? I'm using the PCLinuxOS 
>>> distro. 
>>>
>>> Thanks 
>> You might try blacklisting the drivers 'ati_remote' and 'ati_remote2' by 
>> adding the lines 'blacklist ati_remote' and 'blacklist ati_remote2' to 
>> your /etc/modprobe.conf file or wherever your Linux distribution puts it.
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To do this, you need to use the command 'setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none'
(for COM1).  This releases the kernel's control of the serial port.  You
can add a line to your modprobe.conf that looks like this to do is
automatically:

alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
install lirc_serial /usr/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none;
/sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_serial

That command is actually two lines, the second one is probably wrapped
in the e-mail.
Joel
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