[mythtv-users] Lirc - Still No Go

[Duncan Brown]

James Kaufman wrote:
> I'm just about done building my MythTV system. It works really well.
> As long as I use the keyboard. lirc is a non-starter. Here is what I
> know>
>
> # lspci -v:
> 00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
>         Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
> # ivtvctl --list-capability
> ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
>         Driver name   : ivtv
>         Card type     : Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
>         Bus info      : 0000:00:0c.0
>         Driver version: 1792
>         Capabilities  : 0x010700F3
>
> Video card:
> nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
>
> I can start the lircd daemon, but as soon as I run irw, the daemon dies with a
> 'caught signal' error.
>
> Here is a snippet from my /var/log/messages showing what's installed:
>
> Apr 13 18:49:44 mythtvbe yum: Installed: lirc-lib.i386 0.8.1-cvs20060325_57..rhfc5.at
> Apr 13 18:49:45 mythtvbe yum: Installed: lirc-devices.noarch 0.7.0-1.rhfc5.at
> Apr 13 18:49:47 mythtvbe yum: Updated: lirc.i386 0.8.1-cvs20060325_57.rhfc5..at
> Apr 13 18:49:48 mythtvbe yum: Installed: lirc-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.i686 0..8.1-cvs20060325_57.rhfc5.at
> Apr 13 18:54:14 mythtvbe kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> Apr 13 18:54:14 mythtvbe kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
> Apr 13 18:54:14 mythtvbe kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> Apr 13 18:54:14 mythtvbe kernel: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.5 loaded
> Apr 13 18:54:40 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[4538]: lircd(userspace) ready
> Apr 13 18:59:12 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[4538]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Apr 13 18:59:12 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[4538]: could not get file information for /dev/lirc
> Apr 13 18:59:12 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[4538]: default_init(): No such file or directory
> Apr 13 18:59:12 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[4538]: caught signal
>
> I couldn't find any device naemd /dev/lirc, so I tried creating it by
> hand and got the exact same error message.
>
> # cd /dev
> # mknod lirc c 61 0
> # chmod 666 lirc
>
> Any thoughts or pointers? I've read and reread Jarod's guide, but still
> don't get it. I only have Linux systems so am not really able to test it
> under Windows.
>
>   
Its an ivtv 0.7 problem, see here for the details:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/29112



Dunc