Re: homebrew serial device not working with lirc 0.8 (kernel 2.6.14 and up) (solved)

[lvs@SoftHome.net]

Hi

Managed to solve this myself :)

modprobe lirc_serial type=2 works

Lucas

> Hi.
>
> Pretty frustrated right now, so I really hope someone can shed some
> light...
>
> I have a homebrew ir (bought of e-bay, not built myself), which I had used
> now for a year with lirc 0.7 and kernel 2.6.7. It worked smooth, and
> briliantly.
>
> I recently upgraded my theatre box to kernel 2.6.17, and lirc 0.8.
> For some reason this combination does not seem to get any signals from my
> ir.
>
> Used both gentoo, and debian with the same result
>
> Compiled lirc_serial, kernel is custom compiled, and the serial modules
> are not installed (confirmed via dmesg, and /dev/ttySX does not exist),
> but just in case i had also used setserial uart none command.
>
> when I load lirc_serial I get:
>
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
>
> looks good,
>
> lsmod shows lirc_serial and lirc_dev
>
> I can start lircd, and it starts with no error messages.
> I can cat /dev/lirc0, and it just sits there, i can press buttons on my
> remote until i am blue..., the same with mode2.
>
> So, it looks like lirc_serial, and lirc_dev, and lircd is all ok, and
> functioning, but they don't seem to get any ir signal from my hardware....
>
> Any suggestions on where to go next ?
>
> If I do have to replace the serial device, please can anyone suggest one
> (would prefer serial, as my usb ports are used)
>
> tried kernel 2.6.16/15/14 with same result.
>
> Regards
> Lucas
>
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