[mythtv-users] mythbuntu 11.04 lirc mceusb module - how?

[Tim Draper]

On 8 June 2011 05:21, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:

> On Jun 7, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Tim Draper wrote:
>
> >
> > On 7 June 2011 20:08, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 7, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Tim Draper wrote:
> >
> > > oh, sorry, try - it's sudo'd this time!:
> > > > myth at mythtv:/dev$ sudo modprobe mceusb
> > > > FATAL: Error inserting mceusb
> (/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/media/rc/mceusb.ko): Invalid
> module format
> >
> > That's further indication that those tv card drivers you installed have
> > screwed things up very badly. Please provide the info requested in my
> > reply from just a few minutes ago in the thread.
> >
> >
> >
> > dmesg after a fresh reboot: http://pastebin.com/7PtkLwRZ
> >
> > i'm sure you know, but http://www.tbsdtv.com/english/Download.html for
> the latest TBS drivers.
>
> Nope, I had absolutely no idea, that's why I asked. Basically, I share the
> same stance as Devin. The vendor really needs to upstream their driver, or
> they're going to keep breaking people's systems when they upgrade to newer
> kernels. From the dmesg output:
>
> [    8.354806] rc_core: exports duplicate symbol ir_raw_handler_unregister
> (owned by ir_core)
>
> It looks like their driver would probably work fine with circa 2.6.36 code,
> but is broken on .37 and on, as ir_core became rc_core. Your system
> currently
> has two competing eras of kernel code from drivers/media/ trying to run at
> the same time.
>
> So yes, this is the vendor who needs to fix things, either by taking on the
> burden of supporting their supplied code properly on more recent kernels,
> or
> by doing the RIGHT thing and getting their driver code merged into the
> kernel
> itself.
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com
>
>
>
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thanks for spelling that out for me. I'm guessing the TBS dev team will be
aware of what needs to be done, but i'll copy & paste that reply into future
communications with TBS support - i hope you wont mind! :)
then again, if they did it properly first time around, then it wouldn't be
in this mess :(
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