Re: wpc8769l and Acer 6930G

[Juan J. G. de S. L. <ska...@gm...>]

Hi,

> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
> lirc_wpc8769l: Found WEC1020 device via ACPI.
> lirc_wpc8769l: lirc_wpc8769l device found to use 0x0600, 0x0620 I/O
> bases, IRQ #4.
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
> lirc_wpc8769l: Driver loaded.

This all seems OK.

> However when I try and use the mode2 utility to test the receiver I am
> unable to do so.
> If anyone has any advice on what I should do to get it to work, I
> would be greatly appreciate it.

This is the second report I've got about these symptoms.

I recommended trying this:

> Could you retry rebooting and passing the parameter
>
>   acpi_osi="Windows 2006"
>
> to the boot loader?
>
> You could try with
>
>   acpi_osi=!Linux
>
> too.

to no avail, however. You could try it and see.

Another thing you could check is whether there is a second set of lirc
modules in the kernel. For instance, Ubuntu ships by default with its
own set of lirc modules; if you are installing from sources, check
that there isn't an alternate set of modules from Ubuntu.

Run:

    find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name \*lirc\*

And remove every instance before installing your compiled drivers;
although it seems improbable, it could be that lirc_wpc8769l module is
binding to an incompatible (distribution provided) lirc_dev module.


It's been a long time since I last tried the driver, anyway. I'll
reinstall lirc CVS this weekend on my laptop, where I did the original
development, to check whether it's still working, and tell you.


Best regards,

   Juan Jesus.

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