[mythtv-users] lirc not working

R. G. Newbury newbury at mandamus.org
Wed Apr 5 18:31:51 UTC 2006


Brian Wood wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2006, at 9:39 PM, Josh Sharpe wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm at my wits end here figuring this out.  LIRC refuses to work  
>>inside mythfrontend.  Right now irw works, so i'm rulling out the  
>>possibility that this is a lirc issue.  irexec + ~/.lircrc works  
>>too (I use that to start mfe)  However, once inside mfe I get no  
>>remote activity at all.  Here is my ~/.mythtv/lircrc file, it's  
>>short now because i'm troubleshooting it:
>>
>>#left
>>begin
>>prog = mythtv
>>button = left
>>config = Left
>>end
>>
>>#Down
>>begin
>>prog = mythtv
>>button = down
>>config = Down
>>end
>>
>>#Up
>>begin
>>prog = mythtv
>>button = up
>>config = Up
>>end
>>
>>#Right
>>begin
>>prog = mythtv
>>button = right
>>config = Right
>>end
>>
>>
>>Yes, the button values match what is in /etc/lircd.conf -- and they  
>>match irw output.
>>I compiled mythtv myself and yes mythfrontend --version says 'using  
>>lirc.'
>>mythtv - 0.19
>>lircd - 0.8.0
>>ubuntu 5.10
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Any possibility your lircrc file was processed by a DOS/WIN system?  
> We wouldn't be able to tell from your post of it, but the formatting  
> would be unacceptable to myth.


Or any possibility that you have another lircrc file lurking somewhere 
which is actually being called first?

And are you running mythfrontend as the user who is '~' in 
"~/.mythtv/lircrc. Check owner and group status.

Geoff





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