[mythtv-users] LIRC and MythBuntu 10.10

[Mark Lord]

On 11-04-15 11:49 AM, mlists wrote:
> On 04/15/2011 11:24 AM, Mark Lord wrote:
>> On 11-04-15 07:28 AM, Greg Hormann wrote:
>> ..
>>> I then tried to configure using serial port.  I copied over the
>>> lircd.conf file from the old server, setup hardware.conf and restarted
>>> the service.  The lirc_serial module seems to correctly load, but the
>>> it doesn't change the channels.  (Unfortunately this blaster doesn't
>>> light up like the HD_PVR, so I can't see if a signal is actually being
>>> sent, but if I plug it back into the old mythserver it still works..)
>> I didn't break it, but I can fix it.
>>
>> Grab this tarball, unpack it, and use "make clean install".
>> Then reboot.  Presto, working lirc_serial blaster.
>>
>>       http://rtr.ca/lirc_serial_fixed.tar.gz
>>
>> Mind you, it only works as well as the code therein.
>> I find it to be rather spotty when run on a busy mythtv system.
>> Sometimes it works, sometimes it only partially works,
>> depending upon how busy the rest of the system is.
>>
>> Someday I really ought to write a proper implementation for this thing,
>> except I don't actually need/use it myself.
>>
> I just tried this because I can't get the lirc module to see my 
> available serial port.  Everything was working fine until I upgraded to 
> 2.6.38.  I also use the v4l git (media_build).   I get this error:
> [   24.867152] lirc_serial: disagrees about version of symbol 
> lirc_register_driver
> [   24.867159] lirc_serial: Unknown symbol lirc_register_driver (err -22)
> [   24.873145] lirc_serial: disagrees about version of symbol 
> lirc_register_driver

make clean ; make install ; reboot

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