[mythtv-users] lirc (SOLVED)

[Sergei Gerasenko]

On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 03:32:59PM -0400, Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
> Some time ago I upgraded from 0.18 to 0.20. lirc worked fine under 0.18.
> I compiled 0.20 from scratch. 
> 
> irw reports correct key presses but mythfrontend doesn't respond to
> remote commands. 
> 
> - didn't change anything in the setup of lirc. 
> - the file is still .mythtv/lircrc
> - lirc support was compiled into mythtv.
> 
> Just to be sure, how do I check if lirc support WAS compiled in? I
> re-ran configure to see the output and by default the support is
> included.  I'm pretty sure that when I compiled myth, I ran configure
> without any parameters.
> 
> Any ideas?


I found the reason for the problem -- the permissions for /dev/lircd
were too strict. Everything is working beautifully after chmod 666 /dev/lircd.

A totally unrelated issue -- I get this every start-up:

2006-10-01 08:22:33.465 Upgrading to MythGame schema version 1011
2006-10-01 08:22:33.466 DB Error (Performing database upgrade):
Query was: CREATE TABLE gamemetadata (  system varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',  romname varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',  gamename varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',  genre varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',  year varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',  publisher varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',  favorite tinyint(1) default NULL,  rompath varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',  gametype varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',  diskcount tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '1',  country varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',  crc_value varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',  display tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '1',  version varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',  KEY system (system),  KEY year (year),  KEY romname (romname),  KEY gamename (gamename),  KEY genre (genre));
Error was: Driver error was [2/1050]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
Database error was:
Table 'gamemetadata' already exists

new version: 1011
2006-10-01 08:22:33.466 Couldn't upgrade database to new schema, exiting.
2006-10-01 08:22:33.466 Unable to initialize plugin 'mythgame'.

What causes this? BTW, what's the best way to disable a plugin?