lirc modules needing complete kernel source

2006-10-03 Thread garrone
I'm thinking of giving lirc a try. I find I need the lirc-modules-source package because lirc_dev is absent. The package in dselect says that kernel sources must be installed to compile these modules. Why cannot they simply be compiled with headers, like the nvidia module for example? Peter

Re: lirc modules needing complete kernel source

2006-10-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 11:30:46PM +1000, garrone wrote: I'm thinking of giving lirc a try. I find I need the lirc-modules-source package because lirc_dev is absent. The package in dselect says that kernel sources must be installed to compile these modules. Why cannot they simply be

Re: lirc modules needing complete kernel source

2006-10-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 11:30:46PM +1000, garrone wrote: I'm thinking of giving lirc a try. I find I need the lirc-modules-source package because lirc_dev is absent. The package in dselect says that kernel sources must be installed to compile these modules. Why cannot they simply be

Re: lirc modules needing complete kernel source

2006-10-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 09:59:14AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: They can. Unfortunately last time I tried them they were incorrectly packaged and hardcoded to build against 2.6.16 rather than the kernel headers you point them at. I really should file a bug report. The Compiled OK here