[ivtv-users] cx18 analog cable problems

[Helen Buus]

Andy Walls wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 22:52 -0400, Helen Buus wrote:
>>>> Also, what is the status of the IR remote that is included with the
>>>> HVR-1600?  I didn't see too much information while researching the
>>>> other topics with the card and linux.
>>>
>>> It should work with the ir-kbd-i2c module in the latest v4l-dvb sources.
>>>
>>> The unfortunate problem is that the latest v4l-dvb branch is broken for
>>> LIRC.  I2C subsystem changes in the latest kernels broke the interface
>>> LIRC used to hook up to I2C connected IR chips within V4L.  I updated
>>> the cx18 driver to at least work with ir-kbd-i2c.  LIRC is undergoing
>>> updates by Jarred Wilson, so that one day lirc_i2c and lirc_zilog (aka
>>> lirc_pvr150) will work again. See discussions within the past year on
>>> the linux-media and linux-kernel mailing lists.
>> Hmm, I must have gotten lucky when I downloaded a version 8 days ago.
>> LIRC is working for me with the HVR-1600. FWIW, the ir-kbd-i2c module
>> is not loaded. Here are the i2c modules I do have loaded:
>>
>> $ lsmod|grep i2c
>> lirc_i2c               18948  1
>> lirc_dev               22088  1 lirc_i2c
>> i2c_algo_bit           15364  4 cx88xx,ivtv,bttv,cx18
> 
> 
> Hmmm.  Well then good.  It's more than what I would have expected.  The
> breakage I would have expected is probably kernel dependent then. 
> 
> I know I2C subsystem maintainer worked with me to keep ir-kbd-i2c
> working when he did his changes to the kernel.  (LIRC is out of kernel
> right now, so changes to the kernel don't wait for LIRC.)  I'm not going
> to look at it too hard at the problem, and am happy that it continues to
> work for you.
> 
> What kernel version are you using?

I'm using 2.6.28-14-generic, Mythbuntu 9.04 distro. I did a synaptic update at that time, which included security updates to the kernel, and thought I'd use the latest v4l-dvb. I had been using your cx18-av-core-9beb99150ab1 until that time.

Helen