[mythtv-users] Cents and irc_serial kernel module

[Mike Perkins]

On 03/12/14 17:46, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
> On 12/2/2014 8:38 PM, shredder83 at gmail.com wrote:
>> I’m am trying to migrate my Mythtv Backend to Centos7. I have all the MythTV
>> stuff installed (Thanks Stephen Collier). My issue is with Lirc. It seems that
>> CentOS7 does not have the lirc_serial.ko file. The lirc-0.9.1a rpm does not
>> include it either.
>>
>> Is there a package I am missing for this? Is there a kernel I can install that
>> will give me this?
>>
>> I tried downloading the lirc source and got it to compile the lirc_serial.ko
>> file, but when I try to modprobe it, I get this kind of errors:
>>
>> [  221.727722] lirc_serial: module verification failed: signature and/or
>> required key missing - tainting kernel
>> [  221.727775] lirc_serial: disagrees about version of symbol lirc_register_driver
>> [  221.727777] lirc_serial: Unknown symbol lirc_register_driver (err -22)
>>
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shredder
>>
>
> Just curious why you need lirc on your *backend*. Normally lirc is a *fronted*
> kind of thing.
>
> I feel for you. lirc has always been a bugaboo on my own CentOS frontends.
> That's why I never upgrade them once I get them working. I think I'm still
> running 6.2.
>
You need lirc on your front end(s) to control the frontend program, but you may 
also need lirc on one or more backends to control set-top boxes.

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Mike Perkins