[mythtv-users] 0.18.1 on x86_64 and lirc not working

[Jonathan Henry]

Just an update on my progress:

I was finally able to get a clean build after doing ./configure -- 
disable-firewire and --disable-xvmc - somehow it wasn't finding  
either of those even though they were installed (remember I had a  
completely working myth system with atrpms before) - but when I  
installed it and rebooted the frontend spit out "your version was  
compiled with libmyth xxxx while this version is xxxx. You'll have to  
recompile everything and do a make distclean" (or something similar).  
Ok. I recompiled and did a distclean before building and the same  
thing happened.

I then finally decided to restore everything back to where it was - I  
removed and reinstalled mythtv from atrpms and now I'm back to where  
I started with no myth lirc working ;)

I've thought about upgrading to CVS  - is there a way to know if the  
lirc bug has been fixed?


On Jun 6, 2005, at 8:35 PM, Jonathan Henry wrote:

> Johan,
>
> I sincerely thank you for you help. I'm almost there - I have  
> followed your instructions precisely but I'm having a build error  
> while compiling libmyth. What's weird is ldconfig -p shows  
> libraw1394 stuff linked so I'm not sure what is going on.
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lraw1394
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [libmyth-0.18.1.so.0.18.1] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/mythtv-0.18.1/ 
> libs/libmyth'
> make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/mythtv-0.18.1/ 
> libs'
> make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2
>
> On Jun 6, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Johan Reinalda wrote:
>
>
>> Since I posted the original query for help, I've been able to  
>> recompile with lirc support.
>>
>> You have to change a few things for the linker to find the various  
>> libraries.
>> I debugged the configure script to see what it was looking for,  
>> and then added some to the ldconfig files. Below is the relevant  
>> part of my x86_64 build docs, based on Jarod's guide. I should  
>> probably post this somewhere, maybe an add on to Jarod's pages ?  
>> (It assumes you have yum working; apt doesn't do multi- 
>> architecture very well)
>>
>> My WAF is very high at the moment; I just replaced 2 400-dics cd- 
>> changers and 1 vcr/dvd combo with my mythbox over the weekend, and  
>> she loves it!
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Johan
>> ---------
>>
>> Building mythtv 0.18.1 from the srpm package.
>>
>> As the available x86_64 packages did not support lirc, I decided  
>> to rebuild from the source rpms to enable lirc support (leaving  
>> the already installed packages loaded)
>>
>> First, install prerequisites for building:
>>
>> yum install lame-devel
>> yum install lirc-lib-devel
>>
>>
>> Now download the source package, and install. This goes to /usr/ 
>> src/redhat/SOURCES/.
>> Here, extract the sources:
>>
>> tar -jxvf mythtv-0.18.1.tar.bz2
>>
>> now change into the source directory and configure as needed. I run:
>> cd mythtv-0.18.1
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-joystick-menu --enable-lirc -- 
>> enable-xvmc
>>
>> Check the output to make sure all expected things are turned on. -- 
>> prefix=/usr sets things to go to the same location as the packages  
>> (ie. /usr/bin, /usr/include, etc.), instead of the default /usr/ 
>> local, which would result in double copies of the executables.
>>
>> I noticed that lirc was not being recognized, even though it's  
>> installed. Turns out, the configure script looks for two things:  
>> the library, and header (.h) files. The header are installed with  
>> the lirc-lib-devel package above, but to fix finding the library,  
>> I did:
>>
>> 1 - Add file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/lirc-x86_64.conf, containing the line
>>
>>    /usr/lib64/
>>
>> 2 - now run ldconfig
>>
>>
>>
>> You're ready to build!  run 'qmake mythtv.pro', then 'make'.
>>
>> If all builds cleanly, run 'make install' (as root)
>>
>> Then restart your box (or backend only: "service mythtbackend  
>> restart"), and test the new frontend!
>>
>>
>>
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