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lirc package

  1. Bug #218955
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 218955

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote : Re: [Bug 218955] [NEW] upgrade to hardy breaks lirc 0.8.3pre1 kernel modules

ginsu wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: lirc
>
> Problem:
> After the upgrade to hardy, `modprobe lirc_i2c` (or any other lirc kernel module in /var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.3~pre1/2.6.24-16-generic/i686/module) complained of "invalid module format".
>
> Found workaround:
> Remove lirc kernel modules: `sudo dkms remove -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1 --all`
> Rebuild lirc kernel modules: `sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source`
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Apr 17 19:33:40 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: lirc 0.8.3~pre1-0ubuntu7
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/bin
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: lirc
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
>
> ** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: apport-bug
>

Hm interesting bug. It's not reproducible in any other circumstances than an
upgrade.

Before you start to pollute it, can you post /var/log/dpkg.log so we can see how
this came to be?

Well FYI, you don't need lirc-modules-source installed. The modules are
provided in linux-ubuntu-modules.
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Mario Limonciello
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