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lirc_gpio module cannot be loaded in Gutsy

Bug #148756 reported by C. Burneci
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: lirc

I'm trying to use the "CoolCommand" type remote, shipped with the Leadtek Winfast XP 2000 RM TV Tuner. I built the lirc modules using the module-assistant in Gutsy, and the process seemed to complete ok. But, when trying to load the lirc_gpio module, the action fails, and "dmesg" gives the following output:

[12262.163616] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
[13021.188006] lirc_gpio: Unknown symbol bttv_get_cardinfo
[13021.188061] lirc_gpio: Unknown symbol bttv_get_gpio_queue
[13021.188119] lirc_gpio: no version for "lirc_unregister_plugin" found: kernel tainted.
[13021.188500] lirc_gpio: Unknown symbol bttv_debug

This module used to work fine in previous version of Ubuntu, including Feisty.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/lirc
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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

lirc (0.8.2-0ubuntu8) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Add 22_hauppauge_novat_500.dpatch for more complete
    novat-500 support. (LP: #145847)
  * Update 16_lirc-gpio.dpatch to make all lirc_gpio remotes
    use the dev/input interface instead. (LP: #148756)
  * Update 21_atiusb.dpatch to make Snapstream remotes
    have their own item. (LP: #140060)
  * Update 12_pvr150_transmit_support.dpatch to fix a
    m-a related FTBFS. (LP: #147440)

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:35:50 -0500

Changed in lirc:
status: New → Fix Released
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C. Burneci (cburneci) wrote :

These changes did not fix anything for me. I am getting the same error messages as before.

Further investigating, I found out the following: The bttv module was changed in 2.6.22 kernel. in a way that broke the compatibility with the lirc_gpio module. The author of the lirc_gpio tried. as a solution to this problem, to include some functions and globals, now missing from bttv module, inside the "bttv_deprecated.c" source file. Unfortunately this file doesn't get compiled when using m-a, although it contains the definitions of some functions like bttv_get_cardinfo, whose names can't be resolved when loading the module (see the bug report).

On the lirc site, the authors state that this release doesn't support the 2.6.22 kernel, so, I guess I'll have to further wait until it gets supported.

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote : Re: [Bug 148756] Re: lirc_gpio module cannot be loaded in Gutsy

Yeah,

As a workaround, you can use the information provided on this spec

https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+spec/lirc-gpio-alternative

Something better will hopefully be sorted out for hardy.

On 10/15/07, C. Burneci <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> These changes did not fix anything for me. I am getting the same error
> messages as before.
>
> Further investigating, I found out the following: The bttv module was
> changed in 2.6.22 kernel. in a way that broke the compatibility with the
> lirc_gpio module. The author of the lirc_gpio tried. as a solution to
> this problem, to include some functions and globals, now missing from
> bttv module, inside the "bttv_deprecated.c" source file. Unfortunately
> this file doesn't get compiled when using m-a, although it contains the
> definitions of some functions like bttv_get_cardinfo, whose names can't
> be resolved when loading the module (see the bug report).
>
> On the lirc site, the authors state that this release doesn't support
> the 2.6.22 kernel, so, I guess I'll have to further wait until it gets
> supported.
>
> --
> lirc_gpio module cannot be loaded in Gutsy
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148756
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of MythTV
> Ubuntu Maintainers, which is a bug contact for lirc in ubuntu.
>

--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>

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