Transmitter (irsend) broken in 10.10

[Markus Ehrnsperger]

Binary package hint: lirc

Hello,

I'm using lirc not only for IR control of my applications, but also to control external hardware: the lirc 'transmitter' functionality sends information to the 'VDR extension board'. Depending on the sent information, the 'VDR extension board' is controlled. For example, LEDs are swithed on or off.

This works with module lirc_serial. The transmitter must be enabled during compilation of the module.
It works with 10.04 . For that, /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_serial.conf is:

options lirc_serial type=0
options lirc_serial io=0x3F8
options lirc_serial irq=4
options lirc_serial softcarrier=0

It is broken in 10.10. Same configuration files as in 10.04. Log entries are also the same, no errors in the logs.
Still,

irsend send_once EXTB_TX B_LD5

lets the LED blink in 10.04, and nothing happens in 10.10.

Note: irw (recieving RC signals) works fine in both, 10.10 and 10.04.

Regards, Markus

Package: lirc
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 0.8.7~pre3-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 2.769k
Depends: libasound2 (> 1.0.22), libc6 (>= 2.7), libftdi1 (>= 0.18), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116, liblircclient0
         (>= 0.6.4), libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20100220), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base, setserial
Recommends: udev
Suggests: lirc-modules-source, lirc-x
Conflicts: makedev (< 2.3.1-88)
Description: infra-red remote control support
 LIRC stands for 'Linux Infra-red Remote Control'.

[Simon Eatough (simon-eatough)]

Same Issue for me after upgrade to 10.10. ir_send broken. No error messages.

[Gregory Moyer (syphr42)]

There is a thread on the forums about this issue with some more information: http://guide.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1609804

[Markus Ehrnsperger (markus-ehrnsperger)]

Hi,

After installing lirc-modules-source, the error is gone.
Still, I would like to understand why. Is this code different from the code in the binary?
Is it due to parameters used during buit?

[Gregory Moyer (syphr42)]

I can report the same experience as Markus. After upgrade from Lucid to Maverick, irsend no longer worked. Once I installed lirc-modules-source, irsend was functional again.

[Jarod Wilson (jarod-wilsonet)]

http://lirc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lirc/lirc;a=commitdiff;h=77c9429dde46f108ab4ba47791977abae3a6af3c

[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

Has anyone some input on this, or can it be closed as fixed?

[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

indeed the kernel,media subsystem,possibly wrong version

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