[mythtv-users] how to verify lirc native mode

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Sun Apr 9 00:10:00 UTC 2006


Scott Petler wrote:
> I'm having some difficulty getting mythfrontend to respond to my remote
> using
> lirc. 
> debian 2.6.15.6 i686
> mythtv-0.19
> lirc 0.8.0
>
> I start up lircd and monitor the log file and can use irw and get the
> following
> messages in my lirc.log file:
>
> /usr/local/sbin/lircd -n -L /tmp/lirc.log
> lircd: lircd(mceusb2) ready
> lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> lircd: removed client
> lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> lircd: removed client
> lircd: caught signal
>
> Here is the output from irw for a few button pushes on my remote:
>
>   
>> irw
>>     
>
> 0000000000000001 00 Select myremote
> 0000000000000018 00 One myremote
> 0000000000000019 00 Two myremote
> 000000000000001a 00 Three myremote
>
> When I start mythfrontend and make sure it has keyboard focus (I can
> scroll up and down on the menu items from the keyboard), I press
> buttons on the remote and nada. 
>
> Shouldn't and "accepted new client" message appear on the lirc log file when
> mythfrontend is started?  Or is it when a button is pressed?
>
> I "thought" I had compiled mythtv with the use lirc configuration option,
> ./configure gives
> .
> .
> # Input Support
> Joystick menu    yes
> lirc support      yes
> Video4Linux sup. yes
> .
> .
>
> It seems like myth is not "really" using lirc natively, is there a way
> to check this?
> I've tried running myth using -D all and there is no indication that the
> remote
> is being detected.
>
> Anything else I can try?
>   
Did you set up your ~/.mythtv/lircrc file?  Myth does not use the 
standard ~/.lircrc file although many people will link the two to make 
things easier.

Kevin


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