[mythtv-users] F14, recent kernel upgrade, pvr250 lirc module not found

[Jarod Wilson]

On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:45 PM, David Krainess wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently upgraded to 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686 from 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686.  I am using a Hauppage PVR250 for a remote.
> 
> The PVR250 TV tuner works, but when I run /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c, it says the lirc_i2c module is not found.  Reverting back to 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686 works fine loading the lirc_i2c module.  I don't think I am installing any kernal modules for the PVR250 separately.
> 
> My modprobe is:
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c
> 
> Under 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686 (the kernel it works under), this is in the log, which is interesting:
> 
> [   69.451796] lirc_i2c: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
> [   69.453020] lirc_i2c: chip 0x0 found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> [   69.453286] i2c ir driver 2-0018: lirc_dev: driver lirc_i2c registered at minor = 0
> 
> Anyways, I am thankful kernal rollback is so easy in Linux.  If anybody else has any ideas to fix on the newer kernel, it would be appreciated.

modprobe ir-kbd-i2c, run lircd in devinput mode.

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Jarod Wilson
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