mythbuntu-bugs team mailing list archive

[Alec Leamas <574432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re-assigning to kernel, this is seemingly about kernel modules and
mutexes..

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu
Bug Team, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574432

Title:
  Lirc unable to initialise IR portion of Mplay Blast VFD (Zalman HD-135
  case)

Status in linux-meta-lts-trusty package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lirc

  Re-written for clarity;

  The 'VL-System Mplay Blast' combined VFD/IR unit in the Zalman HD-135
  case is functional with Lirc using the HD44780 driver with seemingly
  one caveat. Lirc seems to be unable to physically initialise the IR
  portion of the unit after it is powered up before it can be used.

  The only way to do this is to boot into a Windows VM (with the
  display's usb device attached), run the Windows Mplay Home-Centre
  software supplied with the case which initialises the IR portion of
  the display (the red led on the display goes unlit) and then closing
  the VM (not shutting it down as this un-initialises it again) Lirc is
  then able to use the IR device as intended. If power is removed from
  the display (i.e physically unplugging the machine) then this process
  will need to be performed again, the display starts with the IR led
  lit (uninitialised) and doesn't go out on boot until the Windows
  software is run.

  Running Lcdproc (possibly with certain options, I've read maybe
  relating to enabling the keypad) seemingly used to be able to send the
  right initialisation commands to the unit when it initialised the lcd
  portion of the unit so Lirc would function without having to go
  through the Windows software step above. Unfortunately now for one
  reason or another this doesn't seem to work any more.


  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: lirc 0.8.6-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon May  3 13:23:26 2010
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lirc

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta-lts-trusty/+bug/574432/+subscriptions