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

[Michael Jones]

Richard,

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you  
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you !

That was the solution.  Worked perfectly.


On Jul 4, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Richard Woelk wrote:

>
>
> Michael Jones wrote:
>> Also.. when I run irrecord.. here's what 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)
>>
>> Also.. when I run mode2.. I get
>>
>> http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
>>
>> I'm getting the feeling here that the serial port is still open  
>> somewhere else, or something is still attaching to it.   Either  
>> that, or the setserial command isn't quite right?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> Michael,
>   I think I figured this out. The X10 mp3anywhere doesn't need a  
> kernel module lirc_serial
> From this webpage on lirc.org. http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
>
> Either reboot or remove the lirc_serial and set the uart back to a  
> 16550
>
> rmmod lirc_serial
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550
>
> Then, since you already have a good lircd.conf for your remote, you  
> shouldn't need to record.
> Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/lirc to tell the lirc daemon how to run.
>
> The options you need to change are
>
> driver = mp3anywhere
> device = /dev/ttyS0
>
> reload lircd and then hopefully then something will show up with irw
>
>
> If you need to record, you could do it like this
>
> irrecord -d /dev/ttyS0 -H mp3anywhere <remote name>
>
> the following is my /etc/sysconfig/lirc file in case you don't have  
> one.
>
>
> - Richard
>
>
> ---------------------------
> # Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working     
> -*- sh -*-
> # configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled).
>
> # Options to lircd(8).  Typically, this will be empty, as which  
> driver to use
> # should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below.
> LIRCD_OPTIONS=""
>
> # The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by  
> lircd(8),
> # similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8).
> # Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers.
> LIRC_DRIVER=""
>
> # Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8).
> # This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd.
> # An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc device.
> LIRC_DEVICE=""
>
> # If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
> ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"
>
> # Options to lircmd(8).
> LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""
>
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