[mythtv-users] IR hardware recognition / rtc

[Marius Schrecker]

>Or you could be lazy and buy a USB-UIRT http://www.usb-uirt.com.

>Works great - there is a patch for lirc..........transmits and receives.

>David
Thanks David, I'll try to get hold of one, lazyness may well be a virtue
(at least as far as the wife is concerned ;).

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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] IR hardware recognition / rtc

At 2:28 PM +0000 8/11/05, Marius Schrecker wrote:
>Thanks for the in
>o!
>
>IrDA: Now I know what I need, someone on the list mentioned do-it yourself
>receivers, do you know where I can fond a howto for a good one??

>If you go to www.lirc.org and look on the home page under 
>"Home-brew", you'll find several option
>. Personally, I built this 
>one:

>   http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html
...

>RTC:
>
>The kernel looks as if it's compiled with rtc built
>in. a quick grep on
>the curent kernel config shows this:

You are correct. Your settings look a lot like mine (2.6.11):

># CONFIG_HPET_TIMER is not set
># CONFIG_HPET is not set
>CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
>CONFIG_RTC=m
>CONFIG_GEN_RTC=m
>CONFIG_GEN
>RTC_X=y
>CONFIG_SENSORS_RTC8564=m
>CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m

>I'm going to follow Martins advice;: disabling HPET and compiling everything
>else RTC as <m>.

>(By the way, unless you're giving away personal info or going off on 
>a tangent, it's u
>ually a good idea to reply to the list, not just 
>the individual who replied to your initial post. That way everyone 
>can benefit from the discussion. Thanks!)

Sorry! Slip of the thumb,not sure why, but webmail seems sometimes to reply
to the list and sometimes to the author, I often forget to check!

Cheers

Marius
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