[Bug 666493] [NEW] Maverick's imon kernel module does not support protocol switching (regression)

[Hanno]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic

Hello,

with Maverick and the switch to the 2.6.35 kernel, the handling of
infrared remote receivers has changed, resulting in a regression for
users of MCE-compatible "IMON" receivers, such as myself: My previously
working HTPC system has stopped accepting IR commands.

The previous Ubuntu versions were using the LIRC modules, but Maverick
has switched to the new in-kernel infrared driver stack. The old module
"lirc_imon" has since been replaced by the "imon" module, but the
Maverick kernel comes with an outdated version of it.

Some IMON receivers allow switching the receiver's protocol to the
popular MCE remote codes. The "lirc_imon" used a module parameter to do
this, the new "imon" module needs a command line utility "ir-keytable"
from v4l-utils. This tool is not provided as an Ubuntu package yet, but
can be installed manually.

However, even with this tool, the Maverick kernel's "imon" module is not
able to switch the IR protocol.

The module's developer Jarod Wilson says that Maverick's kernel uses an
outdated version and that this has been fixed upstream, so he recommends
that the Ubuntu kernel team updates the kernel's IR driver stack to a
more recent version.

For more details, please see here:

http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/Xn95H6d7UblvPDwLjIlj

Please:

- update the Maverick kernel's IR driver stack with the upstream updates
to resolve this regression

- add v4l-utils with "ir-keytable" as an Ubuntu package

Thank you very much.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Maverick's imon kernel module does not support protocol switching (regression)
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