[mythtv-users] /dev/lirc missing during FC4 setup

[Mark Rissberger]

Alex Vishnev wrote:

>Hmmm... I built lircd and lircmd from sources. The binaries are in
>/usr/local/sbin on my distribution. You may have it in a different place. I
>suggest searching the drive for them (i.e. find / -name lircd -print) to see
>where the utilities are. The reason lircd fails when you start irw, is
>because /dev/lirc can't be stat'ed or opened. In order to get the device
>back, you need to make sure that lirc can open and attach to your IR device.
>IR device must be plugged into the card. please do what I suggested in
>modprobe and grab the output of /var/log/messages to see what messages you
>get when you load the modules. Please note that the order of load is
>important. You need to load lirc-dev first, followed by lirc_i2c. Assuming
>everything works well and lirc modules can determine and attach to your IR
>card, then you can start lircd and lircmd servers/daemons
>
>HTH
>Alex
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rissberger
>Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:53 AM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] /dev/lirc missing during FC4 setup
>
>Alex Vishnev wrote:
>
>  
>
>>This is what I have done to fix lirc.. I am not sure why modprobe does not
>>load it properly sometimes. When I boot, I go to the command line and issue
>>
>>modprobe lirc-dev
>>modprobe lirc_i2c
>>lircd
>>lircmd
>>
>>That fixed the problem for me. It recreated the devices and link them
>>properly.
>>
>>Alex
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of coutch
>>Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:49 PM
>>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] /dev/lirc missing during FC4 setup
>>
>>I'm having a very similar problem. (PVR 150 retail)
>>
>>Initially, following Jarod Wilson's instruction to the letter, my setup 
>>is working just fine, and the remote works.
>>
>>/dev/lirc0 exists, and /dev/lirc points to it.  There's also /dev/lircd
>>
>>I can watch live tv, play music, etc ... just fine.
>>
>>And suddenly, while watching live TV, I go to change the channel...  The 
>>remote simply stops responding.
>>
>>only /dev/lircd is left
>>
>>trying irw, it simply exits.
>>
>>mythbackend & mythfrontend don't echo any error messages.
>>
>>nothing new in /var/log/messages
>>
>>nothing in modprobe.conf has changed, no software was updated.
>>
>>reloading the modules or rebooting doesn't solve the problem. the 
>>devices are simply never created ...
>>
>>--Coutch
>>
>> 
>>
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>lircd and lircmd are not found when I attempt to run them.  I thought 
>that lircd was a service.  Normally I run it by /sbin/service lircd 
>restart.  It starts but will die the second I attempt to run irw.
>
>What I'm curious about is why lirc_i2c is not creating the device that 
>is needed. 
>
>When I plug the IR receiver into the 150, if I leave it halfway plugged 
>in, the red IR transmitter comes on and stays on.  If I plug it all the 
>way in, it turns off.  Which way should it be?
>
>Also, I'll post by modules.conf as soon as I can.  Hopefully someone 
>could point out something that I'm doing wrong.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Mark
>
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I figured that I'd post my modules.conf to see if anyone has any 
suggestions.

Thanks

alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias eth0 forcedeth
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && 
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; 
}; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-7667
alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-7667
#
# ivtv (PVR-150)
alias char-major-81 ivtv
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
#options ivtv tuner=39,50,47 ivtv_std=1,1 tda9887=0 mixer_input=2
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias tuner tuner-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
#
#lirc
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install 
lirc_i2c
#
# ivtv (PVR-150 MCE)
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
#options ivtv tuner=47 ivtv_debug=0 radio=1 ivtv_debug=0
options ivtv radio=1 ivtv_debug=0
options cx25840 debug=0 i2c_enable=1 cardtype=0 audiofmt=1 no_black_magic=1