[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 10.10 lost LIRC support

[Jarod Wilson]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Greg Oliver wrote:
>
>> 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  :)
>
> I sent mail to a few Ubuntu kernel/lirc/myth people today along with links to patches I thought they should pull into the Ubuntu kernel to improve the IR experience. There's been a fair amount of ongoing activity upstream. Still not certain what the OP's issue here is though...

Hopefully, this can help a few people better understand what's going on:

http://wilsonet.com/?page_id=95

Will update it as more information comes to light.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com