[mythtv-users] Mythfilldatabase and setupplus sound problems on nforce2 (cvs version 11 feb)
Martyn Weber
mythtv at blacksun.uk.com
Wed Feb 12 08:54:49 UTC 2003
I got it up and running this way.
# ./setup.sh
# make
# su
# make install
# chmod 666 /dev/lircd
# ln -sf /dev/ttySx /dev/lirc
where x represents your com port device (0 for 1, 1 for 2)
You need to put a command to run /usr/local/sbin/lircd in your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
There is no other configuration in my modules.conf
Of course you need a working .lircrc in your home directory and a
lircd.conf in your /etc/ for your particular remote. and you need to
have irxevent running as a daemon before you call mythfrontend by doing
a irxevent &
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 23:45, Justin A wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:17:30PM -0500, John wrote:
>
> > I have NO reference to lirc-serial or char-major-61 in my modules.conf, it's
> > generic (see attached). My rc.d/rc.local is clean, and my kernel doesn't
>
> If you have no reference to lirc-serial, how on earth do you expect it
> to work?
>
> > reference any serial things at all. I _think_ this
> > is how some people have it working. In my /etc/ folder I have
> > the file 'lircd.conf" which is a copy of lirc.conf.creative from the
> > creative folder inside remotes inside the tarball (also attached). In my
> > /dev folder I removed the old lirc device (rm lirc) and tried doing both a
> Why!
> > simple ln -sf ttyS0 lirc to create the symbolic link, and also a mknod
> > lirc c 0 61 then the ln to link to it. Either way it doesn't work for me.
> > I've tried doing the ln with /dev/lirc and just the lirc and neither works.
> > It does explain why you had a "5" in there and I had a "10". When I do the
> > ln without the /dev path, I get 5, otherwise I get 10. Here's what my ls -l
> > lirc* looks like:
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 4 21:24 /dev/lirc ->/dev/ttyS0
> > srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 5 01:29 /dev/lircd=
> > prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 30 04:48 /dev/lircm|
> >
> > I've tried doing a chmod 666 lirc but no difference.
>
> You deleted the correct lirc device, and then linked it to a serial port
> which you don't have. why? where did you get the idea to do this?
> crw-rw---- 4 root root 61, 0 2002-10-07 12:56 dev/lirc
>
> > Bottom line is that it's still (obviously) not working. One thing that
> > really puzzles me is this. I've hear people say you don't load any "serial"
> > drivers or modules of any kind and others say I have to load serial drivers,
> > and in fact to make sure not to get the default ones but to get the creative
> > ones. Which way is right? I know when I do the ./setup.sh it says
> > that I DON'T need to modify my kernel. I don't know. I don't really
> > understand what's going on behind the scenes.
>
> You need to load the lirc modules!!!
>
> > I'm desperate! I have MythTV up and running and this is the one missing
> > piece!
>
> http://www.lirc.org/html/install.html#installing
> read that then.
>
> > Thanks a million!
> >
> > JC
>
> --
> -Justin
>
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