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lirc problem on macbook pro

Asked by Marc Munro

I have not been able to get the mac remote to work. This is on hardy on a core2 duo.

The problem appears to be with the kernel/modules set up as /dev/lirc seems not be active. lsinput does not show the mac remote. lsusb shows the device as 8240 so the appleir drive appears to be the right version.

Suggestions?

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nglnx (nglnx) said : 		#1

This may be related with the following bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/157919

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Marc Munro (marc-bloodnok) said : 		#2

I don't think this is the same problem. My usb device is 8240 and not 8242 so I don't think changing the driver's device number is going to help. Am I missing something?

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Marc Munro (marc-bloodnok) said : 		#3

OK, I think I have it. Blacklisting usbhid and applemsc, and loading them explicitly after appleir seemed to fix the problem.

So, at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, add this:
# Attempt to fix lirc
blacklist usbhid
blacklist applesmc

And in /etc/modules:

appleir
usbhid
applesmc