[mythtv-users] Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Michael Jones <mythtv at michaelandholly.com>  
wrote:

> Ok,  so after a custom install of the nvidia drivers that part is  
> working again.
>
> I'm still having an issue.
>
> I'm missing something somewhere and having trouble getting the  
> mp3anywhere serial receiver to work at all.  It worked just fine in  
> FC8, but not now in FC10.
>
>
> My system is currently running the 2.6.29 kernel under FC10 from  
> Jerod's build and I've installed the 0.8.5 version of LIRC through  
> Yum from the atrpms repo.
>
> I've reset the serial ports, and run:  modprobe lirc_serial and have  
> the following in my /dev directory
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      5 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
> crwxrwxrwx 1 root lirc 248, 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc0
> srwxrwxrwx 1 root root      0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lircd
>
> When I run irw I just get a blank line, and no response when I hit  
> keys on the remote I've tried both com ports on the system.
>
>
>
> When I run irrecord I get:
>
> irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>
> Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc at bartelmus.de)
>
> irrecord: could not reset tty
> irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it,  
> check permissions)
>
>
> Did I miss something off the new build Jerod?  Is there something  
> else that I'm missing here?

Nothing immediately comes to mind, it ought to be working, so far as I  
know. Not sure what might be different about your receiver vs the two  
I have that work, or if its something else... :(

What doea the tail end of your dmesg output look like after loading  
lirc_serial and trying irw?

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com