[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 8.04 not working with lirc / mceusb2?

[Mario Limonciello]

nospam312 wrote:
> Is anyone running Mythbuntu 8.04alpha4 with a mceusb2 remote control?
> I have just upgraded from Mythbuntu 7.10 and everything appears to be
> back working apart from the remote control is not working.
> 
> I have tracked it down to lircd not loading.
> 
> Stopping remote control daemon(s) LIRC [OK]
> Loading LIRC modules [OK]
> Unable to load LIRC kernel modules. Verify your
> selected kernel modules in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> 
> I have checked my hardware.conf and it appears fine does anyone have
> any ideas on why this is not working?
> 
> I have even tried a "lircd --driver=help" but this does not even
> appear to list the mceusb2 module which is a bit weird?
> 
> I have pasted my hardware.conf below.
> 
> TIA
> 
> # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> #
> #Chosen Remote Control
> REMOTE="Windows Media Center Remotes (new version Philips et al.)"
> REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb2"
> REMOTE_DRIVER=""
> REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
> 
> #Chosen IR Transmitter
> TRANSMITTER="None"
> TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
> TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
> TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
> 
> #Enable lircd
> START_LIRCD="true"
> 
> #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
> #START_LIRCMD="false"
> 
> #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
> LOAD_MODULES="true"
> 
> # Default configuration files for your hardware if any
> LIRCMD_CONF=""
> 
> #Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
> #If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
> #that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
> #frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
> #It will then populate all other variables without any user input
> #If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
> #to leave this set to "false"
> FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
> START_LIRCMD=""
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Check that you are using the -generic- kernel and not the -i386- kernel.  If you
are using -i386, then I think you got hit by a bug causing it to get installed.
 (We need more people who are getting hit by this to give us logs :))

To check, you can run uname -r

-- 
Mario Limonciello
mario.mailing at gmail.com

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