[mythtv-users] lirc_serial problem with 2.6.32 Fedora 12

[David Gesswein]

I recently upgrade to Fedora 12 and have the null pointer problem with
lirc_serial described in 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/418380#418380
The last posting said 2.6.32.3 should work.

With Fedora 12 kernel 2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.i686.PAE lirc-serial 
I get the null pointer and all the other scarry kernel errors but irw
and irrecord work.

When I use 2.6.32.7-37.fc12.i686.PAE the driver loads fine but the
rest of lirc doesn't want to talk to it and the remote doesn't work.

eb  5 22:01:33 quoth kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249
Feb  5 22:01:33 quoth kernel: lirc_serial: Manually using active low receiver
Feb  5 22:01:33 quoth kernel: lirc_serial lirc_serial.0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_serial registered at minor = 0
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: could not get hardware features
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: this device driver does not support the LIRC ioctl interface
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: major number of /dev/lirc0 is 249
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: LIRC major number is 61
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: check if /dev/lirc0 is a LIRC device
Feb  5 22:01:37 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: Failed to initialize hardware
Feb  5 22:01:39 quoth kernel: lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 4b6cdb93 4b6cdb93 b874f b8729
Feb  5 22:01:41 quoth lircd-0.8.6[1918]: removed client

# irrecord /tmp/zzz

irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc

Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc at bartelmus.de)

irrecord: could not get hardware features
irrecord: this device driver does not support the LIRC ioctl interface
irrecord: major number of /dev/lirc0 is 249
irrecord: LIRC major number is 61
irrecord: check if /dev/lirc0 is a LIRC device
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check permissions)