[mythtv-users] Mythtv on Xbox

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Tue Nov 1 10:42:04 EST 2005


Ben Dash wrote:

>Unfortunately, although I'm sure I'm close, the xBox
>DVD remote still isn't doing anything.  irw just hangs
>and shows no keypresses and mode2 still claims that
>/dev/lirc0 doesn't exist:
>
>xbox ~ # ls -la /dev/lir*
>crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 61, 0 Nov  1 01:26 /dev/lirc0
>srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Nov  1 01:26 /dev/lircd
>
>Any ideas?
>  
>
Could be a permissions problem on the lirc0 device. I forget exactly 
what machinations I had to go through to get it working for me, but I 
know it wasn't root:root. Maybe try mythtv:mythtv for ownership of the 
files.

Tom


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