[mythtv-users] Need help getting Lirc to work with pvr-150

Mon Mar 28 23:20:17 UTC 2005

I have been trying 7.1pre2 and am now trying 7.1pre3

Thanks for the input.

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:21:23 +0100, Trev Jackson
<trev at g7pvs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I just looked at the NEWS file in my lirc-0.7.1pre3 directory.
> Per Jonsson added support for the Hauppauge PVR150 in this particular version.
> Therefore you need to download a CVS snapshot of 0.7.1pre3 or download the
> latest CVS of lirc for you pvr-150 to work.
> My card is not a pvr-150 and I was looking at your query as a general lirc
> query and was therefore offering general help.  But it looks like your card
> is not supported in the lirc_i2c module you are using.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Trev
> 
> 
> On Monday 28 Mar 2005 21:56, Andy Alsup wrote:
> > Ok, I ran irrecord -d /dev/lircm test-lircd.conf  and it looked like
> > it connected, but after 10 seconds says:
> >
> > irrecord: no data for 10 secs, aborting
> > irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
> >
> > I guess what I'm looking for is some sort of troubleshooting steps
> > that will tell me if the hardware is being addressed correctly, and if
> > the module is loading right.
> >
> > Does everything look right in the logs that I posted?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:57:44 +0100, Trev Jackson
> >
> > <trev at g7pvs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Hi Andy
> > >
> > > On Monday 28 Mar 2005 03:02, Andy Alsup wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I used Jarod's doc to set up:
> > > >
> > > > - Myth 0.17 from rpm
> > > > - lirc from rpm with New Hauppauge grey/black lircd.conf from Jarod's
> > > > howto - FC3 upgraded kernel to 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 with apt
> > > > - pvr-150 using ivtv  0.3.2m compiled from source
> > > >
> > > > using this setup, I load the lirc_i2c module, start lircd, start irw
> > > > and don't see any output from button pushes.
> > > >
> > > > I do see that irw opens and closes the conection to lircd.  and if I
> > > > load myth, I see that a connection was opened as well.
> > > >
> > > > So, it would seem that the lirc part is at least connecting.  I'm not
> > > > sure lircd is seeing the hardware though.  The device in /dev is a
> > > > socket.  Shouldn't it be a char 61 device?
> > > >
> > > > srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Mar 24 14:57 /dev/lircd
> > > >
> > > > One more thing, when I load the lirc_i2c module, I get:
> > > >
> > > > lirc_dev: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
> > > > lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> > > >
> > > > Does "kernel tainted" mean anything?
> > > >
> > > > Here's the relevant logs:
> > > >
> > > > Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> > > > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > > > ivtv: version 0.3.2 (m) loading
> > > > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
> > > > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
> > > > ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
> > > > ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
> > > > ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
> > > > ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> > > > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
> > > > PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
> > > > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> > > > ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> > > > ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x0305 vendor: 0x1106
> > > > tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26052, rev = C185, serial# = 7579491
> > > > tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 6A (idx = 85, type = 50)
> > > > tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
> > > > tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
> > > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok]
> > > > ivtv: Tuner Type 50, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model
> > > > 0x008d1615, Revision 0x00000000
> > > > ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> > > > ivtv: Radio detected
> > > > tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> > > > tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
> > > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> > > > cx25840: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> > > > cx25840: FW image '/lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM' of size 13883 loaded.
> > > > cx25840: FW image md5 digest: a6f6a90a3be338cdb89d59e835798408
> > > > cx25840: FW image sha1 digest: ad2872fb98ad43b6c4afa45d239a57010edebe84
> > > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[0],ok]
> > > > ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[0],ok]
> > > > ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> > > > ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011
> > > > ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
> > > > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0
> > > > ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 1024 16384 byte buffers  0 kbytes total
> > > > ivtv: Allocate DMA stream 0 using 1024 16384 byte buffers  16777216
> > > > kbytes total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32
> > > > ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> > > > ivtv: Allocate DMA stream 1
> > > > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224
> > > > ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  0 kbytes total
> > > > ivtv: Allocate stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes
> > > > total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24
> > > > ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  0 kbytes total
> > > > ivtv: Allocate DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes
> > > > total ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64
> > > > ivtv: Create stream 4
> > > > ivtv: Allocate stream 4
> > > > ivtv: Setting Tuner 50
> > > > tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c driver #0
> > > > ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> > > > ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0
> > > > ivtv: ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > > > ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 4437, itv = 0xf0cf2920
> > > > lirc_dev: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
> > > > lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> > > > bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
> > > > bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> > > >
> > > > Any advice?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
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> > > Try:
> > >
> > > irrecord -d /dev/lirc0 lircd.conf
> > >
> > > if it doesn't work use whatever lirc device you have in /dev instead
> > > of /dev/lirc0.
> > > after running the command copy lircd.conf to /etc
> > > kill the lircd process
> > > do an rmod lirc-i2c
> > >
> > > reload the lirc-i2c module
> > > restart lircd
> > >
> > > Now if you run irw hopefully when you press keys the buttons you press
> > > should be displayed.
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Trev
> > >
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