[mythtv-users] Can't get lirc to work properly

Sasha Z kleptophobiac at gmail.com
Fri Nov 26 19:22:01 UTC 2004


the devices exist, the modules are loaded, dmesg looks good, and yet
lirc does not function.

I used to have it working not so long ago too!

kernel 2.6.9
lirc .7pre5 through .7release
Arch linux

it is starting to supremely frustrate me.

running mode2 gives this error:

[root at mythbox dev]# mode2
mode2: error opening /dev/lirc
mode2: No such device or address

yet clearly it exists:

[root at mythbox dev]# ls -alh lirc*
crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 61, 0 2004-11-26 13:10 lirc
srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 2004-11-26 13:06 lircd
prw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 2004-11-26 12:49 lircm

and the module is loaded:

[root at mythbox dev]# lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_atiusb            10828  0
lirc_dev               11340  1 lirc_atiusb

and dmesg looks fine:

[root at mythbox dev]# dmesg | grep lirc
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
lirc_atiusb: USB remote driver for LIRC v0.4
lirc_atiusb: Paul Miller <pmiller9 at users.sourceforge.net>
usbcore: registered new driver lirc_atiusb

I'm getting ready to toss up my arms and throw the pile onto the side
of the road.


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