Unable to load LIRC kernel modules.

[fhloston]

My Hauppauge Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 remote does not work 100%. While trouble shooting I found this message

julia@mythbox:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start --verbose
[sudo] password for julia:
 * Loading LIRC modules [ OK ]
 * Unable to load LIRC kernel modules. Verify your
 * selected kernel modules in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

According to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=713418 this might be due to 386 kernel being installed, but I have generic:
julia@mythbox:~$ uname -r
2.6.24-12-generic

Running Mythbuntu 8.04 Beta updated with update manager 2008-03-27 approx 22:00 CET.

[Nick Fox (nickj-fox)]

Please post your hardware.conf as well.

[fhloston (fhloston)]

Sorry missed that

[Nick Fox (nickj-fox)]

When it say its not working 100%, what doesn't work?

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:21 PM, fhloston <email address hidden> wrote:

> Sorry missed that
>
> ** Attachment added: "hardware.conf"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12928868/hardware.conf
>
> --
> Unable to load LIRC kernel modules.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207991
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of
> Mythbuntu, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu.
>

[fhloston (fhloston)]

The key mapping does not work as expected. As far as I can understand it should be the file /usr/share/lirc/remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge_novat500 that should be used by Mythbuntu?

The OK button does not work as expected, nor does the channel up and down etc. Arrow up, down, right and left does work thoug. For instance, I can browse the Main menu (Watch TV, Media libr...) and go into Watch TV by using the right arrow. I cannot back out with left or back/exit left arrow rewinds.

This together with the earlier described "Unable to load LIRC kernel modules" it seems like it does not work properly. I have in earlier manual installations following the instructions in http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV_Nova-T_500_PCI been able to get it to work. If I remember that installation correctly I had to involve the mythtv-user in some way even though both this and the other installation is defaulting on the "logon user" in this case julia.

Attached files:
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf
/usr/share/lirc/remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge_novat500
/home/julia/.lircrc
/home/julia/.lirc/mplayer

[jruss (jruss)]

I recently did a distribution upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 beta. After the upgrade I get the same error indicating the that the lirc modules will not load. I am running the 2.6.24-15-generic kernel. I am using the Hauppauge pvr-150 remote, but it does not work at all since the upgrade. When I run irw it says, 'connect: No such file or directory'. I am attaching my hardware.conf. I will put my dpkg.log in the next post.

[jruss (jruss)]

I tried manually inserting the modules listed in my hardware.conf and this is what it said:
pvr:~$ sudo modprobe -a lirc_dev lirc_i2c
WARNING: Error inserting lirc_dev (/lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_dev.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting lirc_dev (/lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_dev.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting lirc_i2c (/lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_i2c.ko): Invalid module format

[jruss (jruss)]

I used dkms to uninstall and remove the lirc modules:

sudo dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
sudo dkms remove -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1 --all

Then reinstalled the lirc-modules-source to compile the lirc modules from source. After that I could install the modules with modprobe. I restarted lirc and everything works now. It seems like the precompiled lirc modules have some problem. Compiling from source seems to fix the problem.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Please try removing the lirc-modules-source package. It shouldn't cause any
conlficts, but it sounds like it is.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:52 PM, jruss <email address hidden> wrote:

> I tried manually inserting the modules listed in my hardware.conf and this
> is what it said:
> pvr:~$ sudo modprobe -a lirc_dev lirc_i2c
> WARNING: Error inserting lirc_dev
> (/lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_dev.ko): Invalid module
> format
> WARNING: Error inserting lirc_dev
> (/lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_dev.ko): Invalid module
> format
> WARNING: Error inserting lirc_i2c
> (/lib/modules/2.6.24-15-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_i2c.ko): Invalid module
> format
>
> --
> Unable to load LIRC kernel modules.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207991
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of
> Mythbuntu, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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[jruss (jruss)]

I removed lirc-modules-source and reinstalled lirc and things work that way. But I had them working already as noted above.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

The precompiled modules are the ones that come without dkms. So if you take
out lirc-modules-source, it's those modules.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:47 PM, jruss <email address hidden> wrote:

> I removed lirc-modules-source and reinstalled lirc and things work that
> way. But I had them working already as noted above.
>
> --
> Unable to load LIRC kernel modules.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207991
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of
> Mythbuntu, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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[Ryan Sinn (ryan-sinn)]

I had a problem yesterday where LIRC would not load my remote control config... rebooting and recompiling the modules from source with m-a (for a second time) fixed the issue.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

module assistant isn't available in hardy...

[Ryan Sinn (ryan-sinn)]

yes it is and here's the link to the package page.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/module-assistant

You can start it by typing either module-assistant or m-a

I checked both hardy systems I have here (one that was a fresh hardy install and the other was a gutsy upgrade) and they both have module-assistant installed.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Ryan Sinn wrote:
> yes it is and here's the link to the package page.
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/module-assistant
>
>
> You can start it by typing either module-assistant or m-a
>
> I checked both hardy systems I have here (one that was a fresh hardy
> install and the other was a gutsy upgrade) and they both have module-
> assistant installed.
>
I mean to install lirc. That framework was removed.

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[Nick Fox (nickj-fox)]

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