[mythtv-users] lirc

[Brian Stults]

Marius Schrecker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Does anyone feel upto taking me through lirc step for step? There's something
> basic I'm just not getting here. Now have a Remotec bw6130 (USB) which needs
> lirc 0.7.2.  I'm hoping to supplement the rather meagre selection of keys
> and codes with a few more and program them into my harmony....not sure how
> yet.
> 
> I've taken out everything I can find of my old 0.7.1, and done a ./setup.sh
> / make /make install for 0.7.2, which tests the system and tells me I don't
> need kernel modules, then builds without errors.
> 
> How do I get it to do something useful with my remote, so far irw gives
> me:
>  irw
> connect: Connection refused
> 
> 
> ..
> and mode2:
> mode2
> mode2: error opening /dev/lirc
> mode2: No such device or address
> 
> I've done everything I can find in the lirc docs.
> 

Did you start lircd before running irw?