[mythtv-users] XBox IR remote & lirc?

[Victor]

The device /dev/lirc doesn't exist.  Did you create it manually?

Vic

Andrew Ziobro wrote:

>I am running the exact setup you are taking about...
> I have a device /dev/lirc 
> You need to edit the config file so that it points to this device..
> It is in /etc/conf.d/lircd
> Be sure to copy the correct remote file to /etc/ 
> I think I had to do this by hand...
>
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>On 9/11/05, Victor <sphing at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>I've played with this EXACT issue for hours... to no avail. I've tried
>>making manually making a /dev/lirc0, compiling lirc from source, playing
>>with the devfs rules and nothing. I'm out of steam and frankly have just
>>about given up on it.
>>
>>Vic
>>
>>Jonathan Oexner wrote:
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>>>Hi, I'm attempting to set up my XBox as a Myth frontend.  The old
>>>one's hard drive died after being on for just about 18 months
>>>straight; go fig.
>>>
>>>So I decided to go Gentoo, as per the instructions here:
>>>http://gentoo-wiki.com/Gentoo_for_Xbox  All is going well, except the
>>>lirc driver doesn't seem to be picking up the DVD remote dongle.  I'm
>>>using app-misc/lirc-0.7.0-r1 with the XBox make.profile, and a
>>>2.6.12.5-xbox kernel.  I get the module lirc_xboxusb, I can load and
>>>unload it with no problems, but I never get the /dev/lirc0 device node
>>>like /etc/conf.d/lircd seems to expect to find.  Any ideas, hints?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>-Jon
>>>
>>>The relevant portion of dmesg output:
>>>
>>>lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
>>>
>>>lirc_xbox: XBOX USB remote driver for LIRC v0.3
>>>usbcore: registered new driver lirc_xbox
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