[mythtv-users] HDPVR and lirc_zilog assistance

[Jim Morton]

Jim Morton wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks, 'depmod' got me a little further along. Now when I 'sudo 
> modprobe lirc_zilog' (the first time) I get 'Killed' as a response. If 
> I do that a second time it seems to just hang. Here are the entries in 
> dmesg -
>
> [   14.056202] hdpvr 1-4:1.0: untested firmware version 0x15, the 
> driver might not work
> [   14.392226] hdpvr 1-4:1.0: device now attached to /dev/video0
> [   14.392249] usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr
> ...
> [  649.573697] lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR driver initializing
> [  649.581107] lirc_zilog: chip found with RX and TX
> [  649.581142] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
> [  649.581215] Zilog/Hauppauge i2c IR 0-0071: firmware: requesting 
> haup-ir-blaster.bin
> [  649.612889] lirc_zilog: firmware haup-ir-blaster.bin not available 
> (-2)
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Found it here - 
http://readlist.com/lists/mythtv.org/mythtv-users/30/150458.html
had to copy the 'haup-ir-blaster.bin' file to the /lib/firmware/ directory.
Now it loads.
Onwards to the next steps....

-- 
Jim