FAQ about LIRC and Video...

[david a. <za...@ya...>]

> Ok, here is what I have done. 
> 
> I rebuilt the machine with a fresh install of FC6
and 
> now have kernel version 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 i686 as 
> reported by uname. 
> 
> I loaded mythtv-suite and all the dependencies. 
> I Loaded lirc-kmdl-($KVER) and lirc-dev. 
> When I do a "modprobe lirc_serial"I get the
following 
> result: 
> FATAL: Error inserting lirc_serial 
>
(/lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6/updates/drivers/lirc/lirc_serial.ko):

> Invalid module format 
> FATAL: Error running install command for lirc_serial

> 
> I used to get the same error for lirc_dev, but now 
> when I do a modprobe lirc_dev I get nothing
returned. 

>What is the output of 

># modinfo lirc-dev 

>and 

># modinfo lirc-serial 

> What causes the "Invalid Module format" error? 

>Frequently it is because a module that is being
modprobed has been 
>built for a different 

-----------------------------------
Here is the  output

# modinfo lirc-dev 


[root@schroeder serial]# /sbin/modinfo lirc-dev
filename:      
/lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2911.fc6/misc/lirc_dev.ko
alias:          char-major-61-*
license:        GPL
author:         Artur Lipowski
description:    LIRC base driver module
srcversion:     823C2116DD5BA4B9E20A2BF
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 SMP mod_unload 686
REGPARM 4KSTACKS
parm:           debug:Enable debugging messages (bool)


and 

# modinfo lirc-serial 

filename:      
/lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2911.fc6/misc/lirc_serial.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Ralph Metzler, Trent Piepho, Ben
Pfaff, Christoph Bartelmus
description:    Infra-red receiver driver for serial
ports.
srcversion:     8D20C37EC83375D1F8F9DC5
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 SMP mod_unload 686
REGPARM 4KSTACKS
parm:           type:Hardware type (0 = home-brew, 1 =
IRdeo, 2 = IRdeo Remote, 3 = AnimaX, 4 = IgorPlug
(int)
parm:           io:I/O address base (0x3f8 or 0x2f8)
(int)
parm:           irq:Interrupt (4 or 3) (int)
parm:           share_irq:Share interrupts (0 = off, 1
= on) (bool)
parm:           sense:Override autodetection of IR
receiver circuit (0 = active high, 1 = active low )
(bool)
parm:           txsense:Sense of transmitter circuit
(0 = active high, 1 = active low ) (bool)
parm:           softcarrier:Software carrier (0 = off,
1 = on) (bool)
parm:           debug:Enable debugging messages (bool)