[mythtv-users] Re: Lirc and Mythtv (Hauppauge Gray Remote)

[Aleaxander]

Simon at the Threshold wrote:


> Afriad it's a v.busy mailing list..
> 
> Your problem sounds like lircd isn't configured correctly, infact what 
> your describing sounds exactly like what happens if you attempt to run 
> it up without its inital configuration tweaks.
> 
> I suggest you do back to Jarod's installtion instuctions and retry 
> again, lirc is'nt a no-brainer install but the learning curve isn't very 
> steep.  Forget about using mythtv to test lirc and switch over to using 
> the irw (also in Jarod's guide) utility its a good confidence test.
> 
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc
> 
> Unfortunatly I've ditched lirc on my fedora system since I got my ATI 
> wireless remote (acts as a keyboard extension).
> 
> Otherwise I'd be happy to offer assistance if you where to post the logs 
> and errors that are generated by Jarod's installtion/confidance tests. 
> (modprobe /sbin/service lircd start etc.).
> 
> Regards
> Simon

First of all, thank you very much for replying.  I have gone back and 
followed Jarod's guide for setting up Lirc and unfortunately nothing 
happens when I run /usr/bin/irw.  It just returns to the $ prompt :(

Jarod's guide refered me to /var/log/lircd to check for any problems. 
However, that file does not exist on the system, which makes me a bit 
suspicious.  But when I check the system that lirc is still working on, 
there is no /var/log/lircd there either.  Weird.

Like I said in my original mail, Lirc was working until I setup NFS on 
the backend server and mounted the video and tv directories there on 
this machine.  Do you think this could have something to do with my 
problem?  If you have any other suggestions for approaches to debugging 
this problem I would, again, very much appreciate it.

Thanks,

-Alex