[mythtv-users] lirc not working in X using FC 3 and DVICO remote.irxevent does not exist!

[Dario Mratovich]

Hi Matthew

Thanks for the help - it worked!

For the record: I'm now using latest version of lirc (version 0.7.1
with built-in support for the DVICO remote - no patches required) and
I downloaded Chris Pascoe's lircrc file
(http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/mythtv-lircrc) and
copied it to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc (as you suggested). Jani's
lircrc is configured for irxevent so this doesn't work.

Now all I need to do is sort out some channel setup issues and I'm away!

Thanks again for the help.

Cheers

Dario

On 7/4/05, Matthew Carle <matthew_carle at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I had the same problem (well irxevent was missing anyway). I am also using
> FC3 and the same remote.
> 
> I'm not really sure what I did to fix it. What I do know is that I am using
> the latest lirc without patches. I'm not sure that you actually need
> irxevent if you are using native lirc support in mythtv (I'm probably wrong
> - someone can verify). Just move the lircrc file to
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc (or adjust for your config) and try running
> mythfrontend from a shell window - it will output an error if it can't find
> the lircrc file.
> 
> Good luck,
> Matthew.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dario Mratovich
> > Sent: Monday, 4 July 2005 4:44 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] lirc not working in X using FC 3 and
> > DVICO remote.irxevent does not exist!
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm new to Linux and Myth and have been ploughing my way
> > through Jarod and Jani's guides to get Myth installed and
> > running. I'm nearly there:
> > Myth runs OK but I can't get my DVICO remote working in Myth.
> >
> > I'm using Fedora Core 3 and have a DVICO Fusion HDTV card and remote.
> >
> > I've mainly followed Jani's guide to get to where I am now,
> > although I hit a few bumps on section 8 "Making the remote work"
> > (http://www.users.on.net/~jani/dvico-mythtv-8.html).
> >
> > I've got the lirc-0.7.0pre4.tar.bz2 source and applied Chris
> > Pascoe's patch (as per the guide). I've configured and
> > compiled lirc and kicked off lircd. I can run irw and I get
> > feedback from pressing remote buttons. So far so good. The
> > problem is that irxevent does not seem to build.
> >
> > I've tried Jani's steps carefully several times to no avail.
> > I've also tried downloading lirc-0.7.0 and applying Chris
> > Pascoe's patch for 0.7.0 which just yields the same result -
> > irw works fine, but irxevent isn't created.
> >
> >
> > When I run setup.sh to configure lirc before compiling, I
> > notice "checking for X... no" in the output - does this mean
> > that it hasn't found my X11 libraries and therefore won't
> > compile the lirc X tools (i.e. irxevent)?
> >
> > I've tried Googling and saw a post that had similar symptoms
> > (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11923869)
> > although with a later version of lirc. The author of the post
> > followed up with another post
> > (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11924405)
> > saying that he solved the problem by pointing the compiler to
> > the correct location of the X11 libraries on his FC3 system.
> >
> > Bingo (or so I thought). I tried following his advice, but my
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/ path contains
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.2
> >
> > but not /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so. I then tried creating the
> > symlink like this:
> >
> > ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 /usr/local/lib/libX11.so
> >
> > and re-configuring and recompiling lirc, but that didn't seem to work.
> >
> >
> > I've also tried lirc-0.7.1 which has built-in support for the
> > DVICO remote (so I don't have to apply any patches) but I
> > have the same result.
> >
> >
> > So is the problem that the compiler can't find my X11 libraries?
> > Surely these must exist if I'm able to run X, right?
> >
> > Thinking that maybe they're not installed correctly, I tried
> > to use the Add/Remove packages GUI tool in KDE to install X
> > Windows Developer Tools. When I tried to install any of them,
> > I got an error saying that the the packages I wanted to
> > install require xorg-x11-libs and xorg-x11--xfs to be
> > installed before I can continue.
> >
> > Seeing no way to install these I then tried "apt-get install
> > xorg-x11-libs" but I got a message saying that they're
> > already installed... What's going on?!
> >
> >
> > I'm really stuck here and I don't know what to do. I would
> > really appreciate any help you can give me. I'm still new to
> > this Linux thing so be gentle if I've missed the obvious  :-)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dario
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