[mythtv-users] LIRC Problem, MTV.20, FC5

[Trey Thompson]

> And when I run irw, it just goes back to the prompt.  This is in
> /var/log/messages:
> Sep 21 11:34:30 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[2898]: accepted new client on
> /dev/lircd
> Sep 21 11:34:30 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[2898]: could not get file
> information for /dev/lirc
> Sep 21 11:34:30 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[2898]: default_init(): No
such
> file or directory
> Sep 21 11:34:30 mythtvbe lircd-0.8.1-CVS[2898]: caught signal

This was fixed by linking /dev/lirc to /dev/lircd

Now, irw runs, but doesn't get anything.
Nothing in messages.

Reminder: This is a USB Microsoft MCE receiver and remote that came with
a PVR-500.

Any thoughts?