[mythtv-users] lirc woes (no output from mode2)
R. G. Newbury
newbury at mandamus.org
Wed May 16 19:38:23 UTC 2007
matt lutz wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have a serial
> receiver that I'm trying to get working with myth.
>
> It does work on one of my systems with an identical setup, so I don't think
> the problem lies with lirc, lirc_serial, or the receiver itself. The
> problem is, I don't see errors anywhere, it just doesn't work. I'm running
> FC6 with kernel 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.
>
> Here are the relevant log entries:
>
> [root at localhost ~]# dmesg | grep ttyS
> serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a NS16550A
> 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a NS16550A
>
> [root at localhost ~]#cat /var/log/messages | grep lirc
> May 15 20:05:15 localhost kernel: lirc_dev: no version for "struct_module"
> found: kernel tainted.
> May 15 20:05:15 localhost kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver
> registered, at major 61
> May 15 20:05:15 localhost kernel: lirc_serial: auto-detected active low
> receiver
> May 15 20:05:15 localhost kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:
> sample_rate: 0
> May 15 21:19:40 localhost lircd-0.8.2-CVS[3756]: you should specify a valid
> gap value
> May 15 21:19:40 localhost lircd-0.8.2-CVS[3756]: lircd(userspace) ready
> May 15 21:36:04 localhost lircd-0.8.2-CVS[3756]: caught signal
>
>
> All of which is almost exactly the same as the working setups. And yet
> mode2 shows nothing on the receiver. I even went as far as to load XP on
> this machine and used WinLirc, which was fine. Only weird thing was that I
> had to use COM2, but with the same IRQ I/O settings. I assumed that was
> because of a built-in modem or something, but maybe it's screwing with
> linux?
>
> The only other oddity is that on my working system , the dmesg | grep ttyS
> shows the following:
>
> 00:0a: ttyS0 at I/0 0x3f8 (irq=4) is a NS16550A
>
> A bit different, but still nothing that would indicate an error. Any
> suggestions on what I can do to troubleshoot?
>
2 things:
1 mode2 only works if lircd is NOT running. Run lsmodf and then
'modprobe -r lirc_your_driver' to make sure that mode2 can grab the
hardware to see yo7ur keypresses.
2. Run mode2 with the -d option to point to the correct hardwarew point
in /dev. It is quite possible that mode2 is just looking in the wrong
place. Make a sym-link to /dev/lirc.
Geoff
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