[mythtv-users] IR Problem with FC4

Matt Rude mythtv-users at mattrude.com
Tue Jan 10 18:54:59 UTC 2006


Adam-
I am using the remote that came with the PVR-350.
when I do a ls -l /dev/lir* I get

[root at mythtv mythtv]# ls -l /dev/lir*
srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Jan 10 12:50 /dev/lircd

Thanks
-Matt

Quoting Adam Propeck <adam at propeck.com>:

> Well, this would be specific to the remote "receiver" you are using. I'm
> assuming that you are using the one that comes with the PVR-350.
>
> What do you see when you run 'ls -l /dev/lir*' as root? You should at a
> minimum have an lircd file, but you may have an lirc0 file which might be
> the one to point to. Also tell me the output of running 'lircd -n' as root.
> You may have to run 'service lircd stop' first. Give me those and I'll check
> into some of the specific PVR-350 settings in the mean time. Lirc was a big
> problem for me as it seems that the directions are extremely vague for
> anyone not using the 250 and 150. Since I have a USB Uirt, I had to figure
> some of it out on my own. I still need to figure out how to rebuild Myth
> with lirc support built-in.
>
> On 1/10/06, Matt Rude <mythtv-users at mattrude.com> wrote:
>>
>> So what execting file should I link to? or am I missing a file?
>> -Matt
>>
>> Quoting Adam Propeck <adam at propeck.com>:
>>
>> > I don't know which /dev file you should be linking the /dev/lirc file to
>> > with the PVR-350, but I would recommend that at least while you test,
>> just
>> > use (as root or via sudo) 'lircd -n' to see the messages immediately and
>> > then you don't have to go and look for them. I have a USB-UIRT, and so I
>> > ended up having to edit the /etc/sysconfig/lircd file to show -h uirt2
>> > --device=/dev/ttyUSB0   I'd expect that you simply need to edit your
>> file
>> > appropriately.
>> >
>> > On 1/9/06, Matt Rude <mythtv-users at mattrude.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have Mythtv running on FC4 with a PVR-350. Everything is running but
>> the
>> >> remote control. I have installed lirc & lirc-kmdl via yum along with
>> the
>> >> reset
>> >> of the Mythtv suite. I edited my modprobe.conf file and ran these
>> >> commands.
>> >>
>> >> $mkdir /home/mythtv/.mythtv
>> >> $wget http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/lircrc-haupgrey-g3.txt
>> >> $mv lircd-haupgrey-g3.conf.txt ~/.mythtv/lircrc
>> >> $/sbin/depmod -a
>> >> $/sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c
>> >> $/sbin/chkconfig lircd on
>> >> $/sbin/service lircd start
>> >>
>> >> Once this is done I can try to run /usr/bin/irw and the program exits.
>> if
>> >> I look
>> >> at my messages file I get as below. A list for /dev/lircd shows me.
>> >>
>> >> #ll /dev/lir*
>> >> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Jan  9 20:31 /dev/lircd
>> >>
>> >> I know I need the lirc0 or lirc.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What am I missing to make this work?
>> >> any help would be nice.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ### tail /var/log/messages  # Fresh after a reboot
>> >> Jan  9 20:28:50 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2280]: lircd(any) ready
>> >> Jan  9 20:30:03 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2280]: accepted new client on
>> >> /dev/lircd
>> >> Jan  9 20:30:03 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2280]: could not get file
>> >> information for
>> >> /dev/lirc
>> >> Jan  9 20:30:03 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2280]: default_init(): No such
>> file
>> >> or
>> >> directory
>> >> Jan  9 20:30:03 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2280]: caught signal
>> >> Jan  9 20:31:32 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2931]: lircd(any) ready
>> >> Jan  9 20:31:49 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2931]: accepted new client on
>> >> /dev/lircd
>> >> Jan  9 20:31:49 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2931]: could not get file
>> >> information for
>> >> /dev/lirc
>> >> Jan  9 20:31:49 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2931]: default_init(): No such
>> file
>> >> or
>> >> directory
>> >> Jan  9 20:31:49 mythtv lircd-0.8.0-CVS[2931]: caught signal
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ### ll /dev/lirc*
>> >> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Jan  9 20:31 /dev/lircd
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ### cat /etc/modprobe.conf
>> >> # Enable IF
>> >> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
>> >> # From Setup
>> >> alias eth0 e100
>> >> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
>> >> options snd-card-0 index=0
>> >> options snd-intel8x0 index=0
>> >> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
>> };
>> >> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>> >> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
>> >> # ivtv modules setup
>> >> alias char-major-81 ivtv
>> >> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
>> >> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
>> >> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
>> >> install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe
>> ivtv-fb
>> >> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
>> >> lirc_i2c
>> >> install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 &&
>> >> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>> >> remove snd-emu10k1 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>> >> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Matt
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