[mythtv-users] lirc Problems Configuring ATI Remote Wonder to Work on Fedora 10

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 18:12:45 UTC 2009


On 13/02/2009, Mache Creeger <mache at creeger.com> wrote:
> I have problems getting my ATI Remote Wonder I/II to work on my myth 0.21
> frontend running on Fedora 10.
>
>  I use the same ~/.lircrc and /etc/lircd.conf configuration in my other two
> FEs (one Fedora 8 and the other Fedora 9) so I do not believe that is the
> problem. Looking at /var/log/messages do see that there is confusion between
> /dev/lirc and /dev/lircd causing a failure to initialize the hardware (see
> "could not get file information for /dev/lirc").
>
>  I have tried numerous experiments with /etc/sysconfig/lirc and
> /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules with no success. Any ideas?
>
>  -- Mache Creeger
>
>  # uname -r
>  2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.x86_64
>
>  # rpm -qa | grep mythtv-frontend
>  mythtv-frontend-0.21-201.fc10.x86_64
>
>  # rpm -qa | grep lirc
>  lirc-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>  lirc-libs-0.8.4a-1.fc10.x86_64
>  lirc-devices-0.8-4.fc10.noarch
>
>  # cat /var/log/messages  | grep lirc
>  Feb 13 09:16:25 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2339]: removed client
>  Feb 13 09:16:27 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2339]: caught signal
>  Feb 13 09:17:21 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2330]: lircd(default) ready
>  Feb 13 09:18:08 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2330]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
>  Feb 13 09:18:08 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2330]: could not get file information for
> /dev/lirc
>  Feb 13 09:18:08 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2330]: default_init(): No such file or
> directory
>  Feb 13 09:18:08 DEN lircd-0.8.4a[2330]: Failed to initialize hardware
>
>  # more /etc/modprobe.conf
>  # nvidia kernel module
>  alias char-major-195 nvidia-180_22
>  alias nvidia nvidia-180_22
>
>  # lsmod |grep lirc
>  #

Your LIRC modules do not appear to be loaded, hence the missing /dev/lirc.

Have you tried modprobing them?

Nick

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