[mythtv-users] Native LIRC question

Sat Oct 11 14:51:08 EDT 2003

You were right!!! Thanks so much for the hint, works like a charm, next
step, change the key bindings on my remote ;-)

On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 11:39, Harry Orenstein wrote:
> Neil,
> 
> Found my problem.  I have an extra liblirc_client in /usr/lib.  The one I 
> built from 0.7.0pre1 is in /usr/local/lib and is required for the Myth build 
> (I assume because the other is 0.6.6 and does not support Hauppauge).
> 
> I temporarily renamed the one in /usr/lib and recompiled Myth and now it 
> works great!  I made sure to reset the name of the /usr/lib version because 
> it is apparently required by my mplayer RPM.
> 
> Hope this helps you in getting yours working too!!
> 
> 
> -- Harry O.
> 
> 
> >From: Neil Camp <ncamp at geekster.org>
> >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Native LIRC question
> >Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:18:08 -0400
> >
> >I have come across that same problem, without much help thus far. I
> >tried to go with out the lircd  running but no luck. I am going to try
> >and dig into the code this weekend to see if I understand how it is
> >working and where it is breaking, but is has been awhile since i did any
> >sort of cpp programing!
> >
> >On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 20:58, Harry Orenstein wrote:
> > > OK, so I got ahead of myself a bit.  I figured out how to get a little 
> >more
> > > info by enabling the log and verbose messages in mythfrontend.  This is 
> >the
> > > output:
> > >
> > > 2003-10-10 18:12:42 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> > > mythtv: could not connect to socket
> > > mythtv: Connection refused
> > > Failed to create lirc socket for mythtv
> > > connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543
> > > Input #0, mpeg, from 'rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/video/ringbuf6.nuv':
> > >   Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo_xvmc, 720x480, 29.97 fps, 4400 kb/s
> > >   Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
> > > Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > > Over/underscanning. V: 0.000000, H: 0.000000, XOff: 0, YOff: 0
> > > Using XvMC version: 1.0
> > > Using XV port 105
> > >
> > >
> > > So I guess my problem is that the native lirc cannot connect to the 
> >socket.
> > > I'm still at a loss.  Does anyone who has this working have any 
> >suggestions?
> > >   (BTW: I checked and I am running LIRC 0.7pre1, not pre2, in case that
> > > matters).  As always, TIA!
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Harry O.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Harry Orenstein" <ho_9 at hotmail.com>
> > > >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > > >To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > > >Subject: [mythtv-users] Native LIRC question
> > > >Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:49:35 -0400
> > > >
> > > >Fresh from my success getting help with XvMC support, I feel I have to
> > > >press my advantage (always ride a winning streak into the ground, it's 
> >what
> > > >keeps Vegas in business).
> > > >
> > > >I have seen several messages in the archive from people trying to get
> > > >native LIRC support working in Myth but have not found a solution to my
> > > >problem.  I enabled the lines in settings.pro and copied the lircrc in
> > > >configfiles to ~/.mythtv but still cannot get Myth to recognize my
> > > >Hauppauge remote (PVR-250) without using irxevent.  Is there anyway I 
> >can
> > > >get debugging output from mythfrontend to find out if it is recognizing 
> >the
> > > >signals or connecting to the lirc device or somesuch?
> > > >
> > > >When I run irw the lircd log shows the process connecting and 
> >disconnecting
> > > >from the device, but I never see anything in the lircd log for Myth.  
> >I'm
> > > >thinking that maybe there is still some interference from the 0.6 
> >original
> > > >lirc (installed then removed before I installed 0.7pre2).  I have two 
> >lirc
> > > >devices: /dev/lircd and /dev/lirc/0.  Maybe Myth is trying to connect 
> >to
> > > >the wrong one?? (/dev/lircd seems to be the right one since irw uses 
> >it).
> > > >
> > > >Any suggestions would be more than greatly appreciated (I'm trying to
> > > >insure that my barber has something to do the next time I go in for a
> > > >haircut).  [i.e.: pulling my hair out]  ;-)
> > > >
> > > >TIA!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >-- Harry O.
> > > >
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