[mythtv-users] Lircd runs -> irw: no signal

Andy Long andymyth at gmail.com
Thu Apr 7 00:12:37 UTC 2005


Might be a stupid question, but are you sure you have the proper
lircrc file, and that it is in the proper place?  IRW responding is
dependent on that file.  You can try to run irrecord and see if your
receiver is picking up any signal at all, regardless of the lircrc
file.

On Apr 6, 2005 12:36 PM, myth at undergroundcandy.com
<myth at undergroundcandy.com> wrote:
> Okay, I did "ps aux | grep lircd" and got the pid.
> Then I did "strace -p 12165", and this came up:
> Process 12165 attached - interrupt to quit
> select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL
> 
> Don't know what to do from here. But I tried pressing the remote control
> buttons (aimed at the receiver of course) but nothing happens.
> 
> I have a feeling that the answer is in my logs, but I don't know much
> about this subject (logs are posted below).
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> > do an strace on the lirc daemon.  if you see the events being captured
> > there, and not with irw, then more than likely youre using the wrong
> > config file for your hardware.
> >
> > On Apr 5, 2005 1:25 AM, myth at undergroundcandy.com
> > <myth at undergroundcandy.com> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> irw starts but nothing happens when I push my remote's button. (I have
> >> the
> >> Pinnacle PCTV STEREO remote & receiver)
> >>
> >> I've installed lirc-kmdl and lirc with apt. Lircd starts. lsmod says
> >> that
> >> lirc_serial and lirc_dev are loaded.
> >>
> >> This is how my modprobe file looks like:
> >> options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> >> install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none ;\
> >>     /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_serial
> >>
> >> My lircd.conf was taken from here:
> >> http://yves.gablin.club.fr/pc/linux.php?article=config/pctvstereo
> >>
> >> My /var/log/messages says "lircd 0.7.0[5901]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd", alsa when staring mythfrontend. I tried editing the
> >> /etc/init.d/lircd file and replacing "daemon lircd $LIRCD_OPTIONS" with
> >> "daemon LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver=mp3anywhere --device=/dev/ttyS0"". Then
> >> this happens:
> >>
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5900]: could not open config file
> >> 'LIRCD_OPTIONS=--driver=mp3anywhere'
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5900]: No such file or directory
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: lircd(any) ready
> >> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: could not get hardware
> >> features
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: this device driver does not
> >> support the new LIRC interface
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: major number of /dev/ttyS0
> >> is 4
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: LIRC major number is 61
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: check if /dev/ttyS0 is a
> >> LIRC
> >> device
> >> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: caught signal
> >> Apr  5 01:00:22 mediabox lircd: lircd shutdown failed
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
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