[mythtv-users] Installing & Running LIRC Problems

[grozio at buffalo.edu]

I tried both suggestions.  I used setserial as listed on LIRC 
Dependencies and then loaded modprobe lirc_serial, still had the same 
error messages.  I then tried the second suggestion of removing 
lirc_serial from boot and not using it.  irrecord gave an error.  I did 
a $ dmesg | grep tty as suggested and received $ ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq 
= 4_ is a 16550A.  Does the fact that its listed as ttyS00 mean 
anything? /dev has only a ttyS0 listed.  I tried linking LIRC manually 
to a ttyS00 but it did not work.  LIRC install did not mention 
installing a kernel-driver.  However, I tried urpmi kernel-driver and 
it said "No Such Package".  Any other ideas? Thanks.

-Derek

Quoting Robert Kulagowski <rkulagowski at thrupoint.net>:

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> OK, do you know for a fact that you need lirc_serial?  I just ran
> into a similar problem on Mandrake 9.1; the packager for lircd
> thought that all serial devices need to use lirc_serial - they don't.
> 
> Did the lirc compile mention anything about needing to install a
> kernel-driver?
> 
> In my case, I've got a Pinnacle TV IR remote, and it uses the
> "serial" driver, not any special LIRC hardware driver.
> 
> In Mandrake 9.1, the serial driver is compiled into the kernel, so no
> external modules need to be loaded.
> 
> When you do a $ dmesg | grep tty
> 
> what does it show?
> 
> Try getting rid of lirc_serial from your /etc/modules.conf and
> rebooting - I've found that using lirc_serial when you don't need it
> will do bad things to the serial port status.
> 
> Anyway, try that again without using lirc_serial.
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