[mythtv-users] USB IR Blaster: close but no cigar

[Douglas Peale]

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Greg Woods wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 18:51 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> 
>>> [mythtv at confusion ~]$ lspci | grep USB
>>> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev  
>>> a3)
>>> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev  
>>> a3)
> 
>> Pretty sure that's a known-quirky controller. 
> 
> Looks like I've yet again run hard into a brick wall trying to get some
> kind of IR blaster to work. I compiled the CVS lirc on a different
> machine, also Nvidia as it turns out, but a different model:
> 
> [root at anathem lirc]# lspci | grep -i usb
> 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
> 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
> 
Why not try a USB controller card? it will at least have a different
chipset, and they are rather cheap.
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