lirc and Linux 2.6.11

lirc and Linux 2.6.11

[Shaun Jackman]

I was using lirc 0.7.0 with Linux 2.6.8.1. Upon upgrading to Linux
2.6.11, I recompiled the lirc 0.7.0 hauppauge (lirc_i2c) modules for
the new kernel. This did not work. I then tried compiling the lirc
0.7.1 modules for the new kernel. This didn't work either. The error
message lircd gives is...

Apr 21 14:57:29 quince lircd 0.7.1: lircd(hauppauge) ready
Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: could not open /dev/lirc0
Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: default_init(): No such device
Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: caught signal

I've also asked the lirc mailing list this question, but has anyone
else run into this trouble with lirc and Linux 2.6.11?

Please cc me in your reply. Thanks,
Shaun

Re: lirc and Linux 2.6.11

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 03:26:37PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> I was using lirc 0.7.0 with Linux 2.6.8.1. Upon upgrading to Linux
> 2.6.11, I recompiled the lirc 0.7.0 hauppauge (lirc_i2c) modules for
> the new kernel. This did not work. I then tried compiling the lirc
> 0.7.1 modules for the new kernel. This didn't work either. The error
> message lircd gives is...
> 
> Apr 21 14:57:29 quince lircd 0.7.1: lircd(hauppauge) ready
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: could not open /dev/lirc0
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: default_init(): No such device
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: caught signal
> 
> I've also asked the lirc mailing list this question, but has anyone
> else run into this trouble with lirc and Linux 2.6.11?

As the lirc developers have no intention of ever merging with the
mainline kernel code, you will have to ask all lirc questions to them,
we can not help you out at all, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: lirc and Linux 2.6.11

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Thursday 21 Apr 2005 23:26, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> I was using lirc 0.7.0 with Linux 2.6.8.1. Upon upgrading to Linux
> 2.6.11, I recompiled the lirc 0.7.0 hauppauge (lirc_i2c) modules for
> the new kernel. This did not work. I then tried compiling the lirc
> 0.7.1 modules for the new kernel. This didn't work either. The error
> message lircd gives is...
>
> Apr 21 14:57:29 quince lircd 0.7.1: lircd(hauppauge) ready
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: could not open /dev/lirc0
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: default_init(): No such device
> Apr 21 14:57:52 quince lircd 0.7.1: caught signal
>
> I've also asked the lirc mailing list this question, but has anyone
> else run into this trouble with lirc and Linux 2.6.11?
>

lirc works fine here. Try rebooting, the makefile mknods some arbitrary device 
nodes even if you're running devfs or udev, and in my experience they are 
broken. If you reboot it usually fixes them. I'm using lirc_i2c with my wintv 
remote, which I guess is the same as you.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

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