[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 10.10 lost LIRC support

[Greg Oliver]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Oct 10, 2010, at 11:49 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:
>>> Greg,
>>>
>>> Thank you for replying, especially during football.
>>>
>>> Here is the output from lsmod:
>>>
>>> $ lsmod | grep ir
>>> lirc_i2c                5825  0
>>> lirc_dev                9393  1 lirc_i2c
>>> nf_conntrack_irc        3348  0
>>> nf_conntrack           63258  7
>>> ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
>>>
>>> Does this say anything that points to a problem or solution?
>>
>> can you do that again after you purge lirc-modules-source and reboot..
>> Those module names are from the older 0.8.6 packages..  If you are
>> runnign 10.10, the names should reflect ir_core, ir_{etc...}..
>
> Not quite. There's still lirc_dev and lirc_i2c that have been merged in the kernel as well. The ir-core parts are for drivers that have been ported, which does not include lirc_i2c.
>
> I suspect the problem is lirc_i2c trying to be bound to a zilog chip, which is no longer possible (i.e., try lirc_zilog).
>

 I was hoping you would chime in!

I know personally, I am going to kernels <=2.6.34 until the kinks are
worked out  :)

-Greg