CentOS - Aug 2005 - Compiling lirc on centos 4.1 - SOVLED

I used the following command to solvee the missing kernel problem.

./configure --with-port=0x3f8 --with-irq=4 --with-transmitter --enable-sandboxed
--with-driver=serial --with-kerneldir=/lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/build

Things are going much better now..

Jerry


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Karanbir,

I am still having problems. I grabbed the rpm and installed it. I could not get
a /dev/lircd device.
I put the lirc.rules in /etc/udev/... even rebooted and still not there.

I then grabbed the src rpm, went through the normal stuff and tried to run
./configure and it tells
me I need the kernel source installed. I have the kernel source installed.

I am just selecting the default of serial when I run ./configure.

I would like to do this from the source package - but the kernel source keeps
stopping that...

Any further ideas? 

Jerry


Jerry Geis wrote:
>// I am trying to compile lirc.0.7.1 from www.lirc.org and it is indiacting 
//>/ that
/>/ kernel source is not installed.
/>/ 
/>/ I then installed kernel source and ran the ./configure again. Same
message
/>/ about kernel not being installed.
/>/ 
/>/ ANyone compiled lirc.0.7.1 on centos 4.1?
/
You can get a pre-built lirc-0.7.1 for i386 at :
http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/L.group.html

the source for it is 
http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/SRPMS/lirc-0.7.1-1.src.rpm

You might want to take a look at how its packaged, make changes etc in 
the .spec and rebuild for your own needs.

Jerry Geis wrote:
> I used the following command to solvee the missing kernel problem.
> 
> ./configure --with-port=0x3f8 --with-irq=4 --with-transmitter 
> --enable-sandboxed --with-driver=serial 
> --with-kerneldir=/lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/build
> 
> Things are going much better now..
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> ----------
> 
> Karanbir,
> 
> I am still having problems. I grabbed the rpm and installed it. I could 
> not get a /dev/lircd device.
> I put the lirc.rules in /etc/udev/... even rebooted and still not there.
> 
> I then grabbed the src rpm, went through the normal stuff and tried to 
> run ./configure and it tells
> me I need the kernel source installed. I have the kernel source installed.
> 
> I am just selecting the default of serial when I run ./configure.
> 
> I would like to do this from the source package - but the kernel source 
> keeps stopping that...
> 
> Any further ideas?
> Jerry
> 
> 
> Jerry Geis wrote:
> 
>> // I am trying to compile lirc.0.7.1 from www.lirc.org and it is 
>> indiacting 
> 
> //>/ that
> />/ kernel source is not installed.
> />/ />/ I then installed kernel source and ran the ./configure again.
> Same message
> />/ about kernel not being installed.
> />/ />/ ANyone compiled lirc.0.7.1 on centos 4.1?
> /
> You can get a pre-built lirc-0.7.1 for i386 at :
>
http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/L.group.html
> 
> 
> the source for it is 
> http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/SRPMS/lirc-0.7.1-1.src.rpm
> 
> You might want to take a look at how its packaged, make changes etc in 
> the .spec and rebuild for your own needs.
> 
I'll take a look at the issue later in the day, when I am near a build 
machine... but take a look at the '--with kmod' option in the .spec - By
default the kernel modules are not built.

w.r.t the kernel source - you need to get the kernel-*.src.rpm from 
mirror.centos.org/centos/4/SRPMS/ and install that, also check to make 
sure that configure script is looking at the right place for it.

- KB

PS: Do we need to start a new thread with every reply ?

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