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10robinho

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Registered: 2011-12-18

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[SOLVED] LIRC not working, can't add lirc_serial, no /dev/lirc0

Hi guys,

I'm trying to install lirc on my new Arch.

Installation went well, until I came to this part: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LIRC#Loading
It says

Now it should not show any errors, and the modules lirc_serial should be listed in lsmod 

but that is not in my case.

Also, I can try modprobe -v lirc_serial milion times, it returnes this:

insmod /lib/modules/3.2.1-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_serial.ko.gz

and no module is added.

lsmod | grep lirc returns only:

lirc_dev                7731  0

dmesg returns

[  646.608475] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 250 
[  646.630482] lirc_serial: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[  646.630710] lirc_serial: port 03f8 already in use
[  646.630712] lirc_serial: use 'setserial /dev/ttySX uart none'
[  646.630714] lirc_serial: or compile the serial port driver as module and
[  646.630715] lirc_serial: make sure this module is loaded first

I'm trying this:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LIRC#Module_does_not_load

but I don't understand what to do.

Any idea?

I really need this to work

Last edited by 10robinho (2012-01-28 04:40:06)

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Re: [SOLVED] LIRC not working, can't add lirc_serial, no /dev/lirc0

Is your Arch new, or the computer? If this is a recent model, your IR receiver probably won't be a serial device - you need to continue reading on the page, try without it first. I am using my IR transceiver with just the in-kernel drivers (lirc_dev and some other stuff that got autoloaded).

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10robinho

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Registered: 2011-12-18

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Re: [SOLVED] LIRC not working, can't add lirc_serial, no /dev/lirc0

Hi,

thanks for the answer.

I've installed fresh Arch, sorry for misunderstanding. Also, computer is new, I've built receiver and connected it with serial.

Could you explain this a bit more:

your IR receiver probably won't be a serial device - you need to continue reading on the page, try without it first

How to try it without serial?

When I run irrecord it throws error that there is no /dev/lirc0

1st EDIT:
Nobody? So, that means that LIRC package is broken?

2nd EDIT:
In case somebody is curious, I've found a solution - upgrade kernel to 3.2.2 and everything will be as it should.
That may be a bug in 3.2.1, but I'm not sure.

Last edited by 10robinho (2012-01-28 04:39:49)