[mythtv-users] New kernel and lirc issue

[Paul Bender]

John Haritos wrote:
> Hello All
> 
> I ended up upgrading me kernel to 2.6.17 to fix my LiveTV video issues which it did.
> The only problem is that the kernel auto detects my ATI USB Remote at boot and then
> takes control of the remote so this means I can't use lirc and in turn the lircrc
> file for mythtv. Is there a way to turn off this detection? I'm using the PCLinuxOS
> distro.
> 
> Thanks

You might try blacklisting the drivers 'ati_remote' and 'ati_remote2' by 
adding the lines 'blacklist ati_remote' and 'blacklist ati_remote2' to 
your /etc/modprobe.conf file or wherever your Linux distribution puts it.