[mythtv-users] Re: OT: LIRC on Debian with a custom 2.6.8 kernel

[John Goerzen]

On Monday 27 September 2004 10:11 pm, Christopher Flynn wrote:
> Anyone? Someone out there must be running a 2.6 kernel with an lirc
> module? Even if it was a serial port module... how did you get it to
> compile?

I did not use the Debian package.  I have links at 
http://changelog.complete.org/articles/2004/07/08/mythtv-hints-i/




> -Chris
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:37:27 -0400, Christopher Flynn
>
> <flynnguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an ahanix D5 case with lcd and IR on the parallel port. I
> > have the lcd working through lcdproc and now I'm trying to compile
> > the lirc module for my kernel. However, when I do I get:
> > make[2]: Entering directory
> > `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers/lirc_i2c' Makefile:359:
> > /usr/src/linux//Rules.make: No such file or directory make[2]: ***
> > No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux//Rules.make'.  Stop.
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers/lirc_i2c'
> > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers'
> > make: *** [i2c] Error 2
> >
> > From what I can tell (from searching) it is looking for Rules.make
> > but that is not available in 2.6 correct? Once I get it compiled I
> > can play with the parallel port settings and hopefully get them to
> > work.

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John Goerzen
Author, Foundations of Python Network Programming
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