[mythtv-users] jarod's guide FC3 / Myth 0.17 IVTV doesn't load automatically after reboot

[Alex]

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 09:00:28 -0800, Rei Toi <rei_toi at walkingmountain.com> wrote:
> Hi Kees,
> 
> FWIW, I had the same issue until I completed the entire setup in Jarod's
> guide:
> 
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
> 
> I had to do my setup over several sessions and I shut down the system
> along the way.  When I would restart the system during this period I had
> the same problem.
> 
> Once all of the changes/adds that Jarod specified were made to
> /etc/modprobe.conf it started working like a charm, especially this
> addition in the section on "Using the IR port on a PVR-x50":
> 
> "Add this line to the bottom of modprobe.conf, which should ensure ivtv
> is loaded before lirc_i2c, so we can access the i2c bus on the ivtv card:"
> 
> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
> lirc_i2c
> 
> HTH
> 
> -Rei.

Of course if one does not use lirc (for instance instead uses the
ati_remote standard kernel module), then the above does not apply.
That is for those who are using the Hauppauge remotes with non-MCE cards.