[mythtv-users] lirc problems with new Fedora 10 install

Kenan Ezal SBMythTV at cox.net
Sat May 30 07:22:25 UTC 2009


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Edward Brookhouse
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:10 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] lirc problems with new Fedora 10 install
> 
> 
> If I recall correctly the 350 has an IR receiver cable with it? Is it
> plugged in?
> What does ls -al /dev/lirc* show?
> 


lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     5 2009-05-29 23:09 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root lirc 61, 0 2009-05-29 23:09 /dev/lirc0
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root     0 2009-05-29 23:09 /dev/lircd


> After boot, if you do dmesg | grep lirc do you see it coming online at
> boot, or are you bringing it up manually later?

It starts up at boot:

lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61 
lirc_i2c: chip 0x10020 found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10

> 
> Edward Brookhouse
> Director, Network Operations
> Healthy Directions, LLC
> 301-340-7788 x3514
> 703-898-3828 (cell)
> 

I was able to fix my problem but I can't tell you what caused it.

Using yum I removed everything related to lirc

yum remove \*lirc\*

===========================================================================
=======
 Package                 Arch     Version                       Repository
Size
===========================================================================
=======
Removing:
 gnome-lirc-properties   noarch   0.3.1-1.fc10                  installed
1.3 M
 lirc                    i386     0.8.4a-2.fc10                 installed
808 k
 lirc-devel              i386     0.8.4a-2.fc10                 installed
2.2 k
 lirc-devices            noarch   0.8-4.fc10                    installed
95 
 lirc-doc                i386     0.8.4a-2.fc10                 installed
225 k
 lirc-libs               i386     0.8.4a-2.fc10                 installed
22 k
 lirc-remotes            i386     0.8.4a-2.fc10                 installed
360 k
Removing for dependencies:
 libmyth-0.21_0          i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
3.0 M
 libmythtv-0.21_0        i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
10 M
 mplayer                 i386     4:1.0-68_snap20090419.fc10    installed
30 M
 mytharchive             i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
16 M
 mythbrowser             i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
236 k
 mythcontrols            i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
173 k
 mythflix                i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
333 k
 mythgallery             i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
486 k
 mythgame                i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
412 k
 mythmovies              i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
173 k
 mythmusic               i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
2.1 M
 mythnews                i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
348 k
 mythphone               i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
1.0 M
 mythplugins             i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
18 k
 myththemes              noarch   0.21-143                      installed
15 M
 mythtv                  i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
0.0 
 mythtv-backend          i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
1.5 M
 mythtv-frontend         i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
6.9 M
 mythtv-setup            i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
180 k
 mythvideo               i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
2.2 M
 mythweather             i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
3.0 M
 mythzoneminder          i386     0.21-208.fc10                 installed
571 k

Transaction Summary
===========================================================================
=======
Install      0 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove      29 Package(s)         

Then I reinstalled the same components and all the mythtv-related
dependencies. 

I checked the /dev folder immediately after reinstalling all components and
I found that

/dev/lircd was missing.

However, it reappear as soon as I restarted lircd. Moreover, I started to
get a response using irw.

Obviously something somewhere was not configured properly.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Kenan Ezal
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:36 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] lirc problems with new Fedora 10 install
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed a new Fedora 10 machine which is supposed to be a
> slave
> backend.
> 
> I'm having some serious difficulties getting the IR remote of my PVR-
> 350 to
> work.
> After I figured out that the lirc kernel modules were no longer
> necessary,
> I installed lirc and gnome-lirc-properties and lirc-devices using yum.
> 
> lirc: 0.8.4a
> kernel: 2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686
> 
> I'm using the same lircd.conf and lircrc files as my other system
> which
> also uses the same remote (and PVR-250). I've also tried a few other
> versions of lircd.conf for the A415-HPG remote. (The PVR-250 and 350
> used
> to be on this very same machine using the same remote.)
> 
> I'm pretty sure my hardware is working since
> mode2 --raw
> allows me to punch some buttons and get a response. irw on the other
> hand
> just sits there without any response (same with Myth).
> 
> My rc.local is setup to
> modprobe lirc_i2c
> 
> I've tried several different configurations for my modprobe.conf file
> with
> and without
> aliases char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterLIRCSupport
> 
> The above seems to imply that this should be as simple as loading
> lirc_i2c,
> yet I have not found it simple. And it certainly didn't Just Work.
> 
> The lircd daemon is running and lirc_i2c has been loaded.
> 
> Does anyone have any advice on how to proceed?
> 
> Oh, the gnome-lirc-properties application also doesn't seem to
> acknowledge
> my remote, even though it has two Hauppauge options.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Kenan
> 
> 
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