[mythtv-users] LIRC

[jose rubio]

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 03:34, ignacio wrote:
> Hi, i'm having a serious problem with lirc. I am using a leadtek 2000xp 
> and the included ir reciever, wunning redhat linux 9.0. Yesterday, i 
> compiled and installed lirc from the cvs. but, know, whenever i try 
> mode2 to test the reciever, i get this message
> mode2: error opening /dev/lirc
> mode2: No such device
> But when i go to the /dev directory lirc is there.
> Also, when i have tried running # mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0, but nothing 
> happens. Can anyone help.
> 
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I know nothing about lirc but what the 'No such device' usually means is
that the module was not loaded properly.  try lsmod as root and see if
it is loaded.  If not try modprobe -l and see if it is installed, if it
is then modprobe module-name (i forget if you include the .o or not)



-jose-