[mythtv-users] irw problems

Michael Jones m_g_j at michaelandholly.com
Thu Jul 21 04:27:37 EDT 2005


Have you tried running irrecord?




From: Al Furman <furmana at email.com>
Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:28:40 -0400
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Subject: [mythtv-users] irw problems

Thanks Nick.  lircd is running and is writable.  Any other thoughts?  I am
perplexed.

mythtv at localhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/lirc?
crw-------  1 root root 61, 0 Jul 16 22:45 /dev/lirc0
srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Jul 16 22:51 /dev/lircd

-Al


On Jul 19, 2005, at 3:39 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:08:29 +1200
> From: Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] irw problems
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <20050719160729.439D.NICK at rout.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> 
> irw watches /dev/lircd, which is not the same as /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0
> 
> to have a valid /dev/lircd you need to have the daemon running.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:11:42 -0400
> Al Furman wrote:
> 
>  
>> I am building a myth box using Jarod's guide and have been stuck  
>> getting lirc to work with the IR receiver from zapway.de.
>> I can see signals from my remote using mode2 and when I cat /dev/lirc  
>> or /dev/lirc0.  I see no signals when I run irw.  There are no  
>> relevant errors in /var/log/messages or dmesg.  I have tested using  
>> different remotes and lircd config files to no avail.  I am going to  
>> try compiling lirc in debug mode next, but was wondering if anyone in  
>> the group had any suggestions I may be missing.
>> 
>> Thanks
>>  
> 
> -- 
> Nick Rout


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