[mythtvnz] MCEUSB IR Blaster problem after upgrade to Mythbuntu 11.04 and Kernel

[Ross Williamson]

> From that point on the MCEUSB IR Blaster stopped working. After 
> trying
> a number of solutions I finally did a fresh installation of Mythbuntu
> 11.04 - still no luck.

I had huge issues with IR in general after upgrading to 11.04 (actually 
a fresh copy). It would respond to the MCEUSB remote but completely 
stopped receiving IR commands for any other remote (important as I also 
use it as an IR sender to equipment in another building). IR blasting 
appeared to work however.

irw failed to see any of the keypresses. I fiddled with config and 
kernel modules and settings and lirc versions for about 6 hours before 
giving up and going back to 10.10 with latest mythtv ppa. The same 
config on there worked perfectly, first time.

They appear to have done significant work to how IR works in the latest 
kernel and I would suspect this is the reason.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but I've been there and it is somewhat 
fresh in my memory as being a very painful experience. I'll be very 
interested if you find a solution as obviously I can't stay on old 
versions forever.

Ross