Hey all, Does anyone out there know how RedHat (7.3, if it matters) decides when (and if) to load the serial port driver, and if so, how to stop it from loading? I ask because I've just started playing with lirc (Linux Infrared Remote Control -- very nifty) with my newly-built home-brew serial IR receiver, but the lirc_serial driver can't grab the port if the serial driver has already been loaded. I compiled the serial driver as a module when I built my kernel, but I still get:
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SER IAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A ... lirc_serial: port 03f8 already in use, proceeding anyway lirc_serial: compile the serial port driver as module and lirc_serial: make sure this module is loaded first lirc_serial: auto-detected active low receiver in my dmesg output. The problem is that the serial driver is getting loaded before anything listed in /etc/modules.conf. Nothing works until I do: # setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none # rmmod lirc_serial # insmod lirc_serial It's possible that I had to restart lircd after that... I don't remember for certain whether I did or not. In any case, it seems clear that I could just put those commands (followed by the daemon restart, if necessary) at the end of rc.local, and learn to ignore the error messages during boot (after all, I have no problem ignoring X when it complains about missing fonts ;). However, it seems like just stopping the serial module from loading in the first place would be the more elegant solution. For those eager Debian users out there... the lirc documentation mentioned modifying /etc/serial.conf on Debian... no such file in a RedHat installation. Also, I grep'ed the init scripts for 'serial' and didn't find anything enlightening. Incidentally, for those of you who don't always sit *at* your computer when listening to mp3's, watching DVD's, whatever, I highly recommend looking into lirc (www.lirc.org). I'm a firm believer that a little soldering now and then is good for the soul :) I can't say enough about the coolness of this project! Thanks, Matt _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
