[mythtv-users] LIRC/Remote Troubleshooting

Mike Dent mcdent at gmail.com
Sun Dec 3 00:22:35 UTC 2006


On 12/3/06, Mike Dent <mcdent at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/1/06, Aaron Blew <aaronblew at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've recently compiled and set up MythTV .20.  On my Athlon 1800+ system
> > with a  Hauppauge PVR-150.  All is working well except the remote.  I can
> > get output from irw like this:
> >
> > 00000000000017b5 01 Play Hauppauge_350
> > 0000000000001795 00 Down Hauppauge_350
> > 0000000000001795 01 Down Hauppauge_350
> > 0000000000001794 00 Up Hauppauge_350
> >
> > But can't navigate any MythTV bits after I start MythTV.  I even tried
> > recompiling MythTV with --enable-lirc, to no avail.  Hopefully someone else
> > can shed some light on this.  Here is the lircrc file I found in someone's
> > HOWTO.   I've tried several lircrc's I found around the net, but none have
> > yielded results.
> > http://www.quietearth.us/config/mythtv.lircrc.txt
> >
> Hi,
> I dont have any remote control working in my test box setup here.
> I have a PVR-250 card. I'm using Ubuntu Edgy, 6.10 with the apt-get
> install stuff.
>
> I get output like Aaron does from irw, I have the symlink in place too.
> My mythfrontend --version output looks like:-
>
> ke at mythtvbackend:~$ mythfrontend --version
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
>   Major opcode:  145
>   Minor opcode:  3
>   Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
>   Major opcode:  145
>   Minor opcode:  3
>   Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.167 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.203 Gnome-Screensaver support enabled
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.204 DPMS is active.
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.642 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.703 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.710 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-12-02 23:59:31.748 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> Library API version: 0.20.20060828-3
> Source code version: Unknown
> Options compiled in:
>  linux debug using_xvmcw using_v4l using_oss using_alsa using_arts
> using_jack using_ivtv using_firewire using_dbox2 using_hdhr
> using_ip_rec using_freebox using_live using_lirc using_joystick_menu
> using_dvb using_x11 using_xv using_xrandr using_xvmc using_xvmc_vld
> using_opengl_vsync using_opengl using_frontend using_backend
> mike at mythtvbackend:~$
>
>
> Mike


I forgot to add that I am using :-

mike at mythtvbackend:~$ lircd --version
lircd 0.8.1pre2
mike at mythtvbackend:~$


For which I downloaded the source and compiled etc.

Mike


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