recent kernel upgrade broke lirc with mceusb

[Scott Selberg]

Not sure if this should be submitted to the kernel or lirc. What changed was the kernel, what I modified to fix the issue was lirc. I've been using the lirc for years with success. A recent update broke it. The error message when starting liric (/etc/init.d/lric start) is:
* Unable to load LIRC kernel modules. Verify your
* selected kernel modules in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

I read online that there has been a change of modules included with the kernel that can trigger this problem. With the change mentioned, my remote is working as it used to.

WORKAROUND: Modified /etc/lirc/hardware.conf :
#REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb"

Added the line:
REMOTE_MODULES="mceusb"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.46
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: scott 1487 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'CA0106'/'Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xbf00 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'CA0106'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 35
   Simple ctrls : 18
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfdff4000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1028020d,00100001'
   Controls : 40
   Simple ctrls : 22
Card2.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:2 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfcffc000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100200'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
Date: Sat Aug 6 07:08:28 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cdf7bd55-1a9a-4fe9-a963-6ec286c4c7f2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 530s
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=0b362ba9-8d0d-4874-a01b-75bc1e18ee99 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.52
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-07 (90 days ago)
WifiSyslog:

dmi.bios.date: 12/15/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.10
dmi.board.name: 0RY007
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: ���
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.10:bd12/15/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530s:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RY007:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530s
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Scott Selberg, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

If reproducible, could you also please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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