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[Angus Kerr <angus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I have just encountered the same problem after installing the DKMS
modules lirc-modules-source (v 0.8.7-0ubuntu4.1)

I have a double whammy now, because the default kernel 2.6.38-8 and
2.6.38.11 does not have lirc_i2c driver installed which I need to get my
remote to work, and the following info is quoted from the lirc project:

[quote] lirc-0.8.7 has been tested with kernel versions up to 2.6.35. Older versions should also work. 2.4.x kernels are not supported anymore, but chances are good that it's still working. The last release officially supporting 2.4.x was 0.8.2. Please don't report problems with compilation on 2.4.x kernels. 2.2.x kernels are not supported anymore.
>From 2.6.36 on all LIRC kernel drivers are already included in the kernel. There has been a slight interface change in the LIRC ioctls that will affect 64-bit kernels. For recent kernels please only use 0.9.0 which is compatilbe with the in-kernel drivers.[/quote]

So the old stale package is still in the repository, even though it is
not compatible with the new in-kernel drivers.

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Title:
  /dev/lirc0 disappeared after upgrade from 2.6.35-20 to -22

Status in “lirc” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “lirc” source package in Maverick:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lirc

  Using kernel 2.6.35-20 works fine - there is  /dev/lirc0 entry.
  Recent upgrade to 2.6.35-22 caused /dev/lirc0 to disappear.  Rebooting
  with 2.6.35-20 brings it back.

  == Regression details ==
  Discovered in version: Linux 2.6.35-22
  Last known good version: Linux 2.6.35-20

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: lirc 0.8.7~pre3-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/lirc/extras/transmitter.hwdb]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Oct  5 23:36:42 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100910)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_CA.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lirc
  ---
  .etc.asound.conf:
   pcm.!default{
   type hw
   card 1
   device 3
   }
  AcpiTables: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', '/usr/share/apport/dump_acpi_tables.py'] failed with exit code 1:
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  todd       1810 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC889A'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
     Controls      : 41
     Simple ctrls  : 23
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdffc000 irq 19'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
     Controls      : 4
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card1.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2a89ff2c-7da4-457a-ac27-8747ff6acc88
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100910)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.

   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-US2H
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=UUID=8398ea79-91c0-4b7d-b700-ff318f98cc57 ro acpi=off
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_CA.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
  Regression: Yes
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
  Reproducible: Yes
  RfKill:

  Tags: maverick kernel-config regression-potential needs-upstream-testing
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare
  WifiSyslog: Oct  7 20:10:55 todd-desktop kernel: [162304.465564] mythfrontend.re[17616]: segfault at 33eee05f ip 0888540c sp bfdefdc8 error 6
  dmi.bios.date: 12/15/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F1
  dmi.board.name: GA-MA78GM-US2H
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd12/15/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA78GM-US2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA78GM-US2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: GA-MA78GM-US2H
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

  ---
  .etc.asound.conf:
   pcm.!default{
   type hw
   card 1
   device 3
   }
  AcpiTables:
   Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', '/usr/share/apport/dump_acpi_tables.py'] failed with exit code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/usr/share/apport/dump_acpi_tables.py", line 52, in <module>
       dump_acpi_tables('/sys/firmware/acpi/tables', sys.stdout)
     File "/usr/share/apport/dump_acpi_tables.py", line 43, in dump_acpi_tables
       tables = os.listdir(path)
   OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sys/firmware/acpi/tables'
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  todd       1759 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC889A'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a002,00100101'
     Controls      : 41
     Simple ctrls  : 23
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdffc000 irq 19'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
     Controls      : 4
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card1.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2a89ff2c-7da4-457a-ac27-8747ff6acc88
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100910)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.

   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-US2H
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=8398ea79-91c0-4b7d-b700-ff318f98cc57 ro acpi=off
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_CA.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Regression: Yes
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
  Reproducible: Yes
  RfKill:

  Tags: maverick kernel-config regression-potential needs-upstream-testing
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare
  dmi.bios.date: 12/15/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F1
  dmi.board.name: GA-MA78GM-US2H
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd12/15/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA78GM-US2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA78GM-US2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: GA-MA78GM-US2H
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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