[mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core 3.

[Ernie Lim]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Frank Lynch
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:46 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core
> 3.
> 
> Hi Nick,
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> On 8/20/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd try (as root) 'service lircd status' to make sure LIRC isn't
> > failing,
> 
> [root at homeserver mythtv]# /sbin/service lircd status
> lircd (pid 3823) is running...
> [root at homeserver mythtv]#
> 
> >and running 'irrecord' to see if you get any input from the
> > remote's other buttons via the Hauppauge card.
> 
> irrecord does not get any input... below is the output  it complains
> of "gap not found"??
> > irrecord  test
> Hold down an arbitrary button.
> irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
> [root at homeserver mythtv]#
> 
> 
> 
> > As you're running FC3
> > you may need some udev rules to make sure LIRC devices are created at
> > started
> 
> I setup udev by patching /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit as recommended at:
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc
> 
> > - what's the output of 'ls -la /dev/lirc*' when the system is
> > running?
> 
> [root at homeserver mythtv]# ls -la /dev/lirc*
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     5 Aug 20 15:41 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
> crw-------  1 root root 61, 0 Aug 20 15:41 /dev/lirc0
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Aug 20 17:39 /dev/lircd
> 
> >
> > Everything else looks OK AFAICT.
> >
> 
> Still have the same behavior, still puzzled.
> cheers,
> --Frank
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Frank, on my debian box, I have a /var/log/lircd log that seems to have very
verbose messages.... 

Also, try lircd with -n flag to run in the foreground and maybe you can see
what its up to.