Andy Walls wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 22:52 -0400, Helen Buus wrote: >>>> Also, what is the status of the IR remote that is included with the >>>> HVR-1600? I didn't see too much information while researching the >>>> other topics with the card and linux. >>> >>> It should work with the ir-kbd-i2c module in the latest v4l-dvb sources. >>> >>> The unfortunate problem is that the latest v4l-dvb branch is broken for >>> LIRC. I2C subsystem changes in the latest kernels broke the interface >>> LIRC used to hook up to I2C connected IR chips within V4L. I updated >>> the cx18 driver to at least work with ir-kbd-i2c. LIRC is undergoing >>> updates by Jarred Wilson, so that one day lirc_i2c and lirc_zilog (aka >>> lirc_pvr150) will work again. See discussions within the past year on >>> the linux-media and linux-kernel mailing lists. >> Hmm, I must have gotten lucky when I downloaded a version 8 days ago. >> LIRC is working for me with the HVR-1600. FWIW, the ir-kbd-i2c module >> is not loaded. Here are the i2c modules I do have loaded: >> >> $ lsmod|grep i2c >> lirc_i2c 18948 1 >> lirc_dev 22088 1 lirc_i2c >> i2c_algo_bit 15364 4 cx88xx,ivtv,bttv,cx18 > > > Hmmm. Well then good. It's more than what I would have expected. The > breakage I would have expected is probably kernel dependent then. > > I know I2C subsystem maintainer worked with me to keep ir-kbd-i2c > working when he did his changes to the kernel. (LIRC is out of kernel > right now, so changes to the kernel don't wait for LIRC.) I'm not going > to look at it too hard at the problem, and am happy that it continues to > work for you. > > What kernel version are you using?
I'm using 2.6.28-14-generic, Mythbuntu 9.04 distro. I did a synaptic update at that time, which included security updates to the kernel, and thought I'd use the latest v4l-dvb. I had been using your cx18-av-core-9beb99150ab1 until that time. Helen _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
