[mythtv-users] Pedestrian LIRC question

[jr]

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Another Sillyname
<anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/4 jr <jraymyth at gmail.com>:
>> I thought that I was well beyond the mundane LIRC problems, but I seem
>> to be missing something in the steps that glue it to mythtv.  My
>> installation is 0.22 on Ubuntu 9.04, which I have installed nd wiped
>> on a test box several times over the past month with no problems.  I
>> hope I am missing something obvious.  Does anyone see anything?
>>
>> LIRC is working to the point were IRW reports correctly.
>> 000000037ff07be1 01 Up mceusb
>> 000000037ff07be1 02 Up mceusb
>> 000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
>> 000000037ff07be0 01 Down mceusb
>> 000000037ff07bde 00 Right mceusb
>> 000000037ff07bde 01 Right mceusb
>>
>> I am running mythfrontend from the user 'mythuser' and have created
>> the standard symbolic link in the home directory to lircrc.  The same
>> lircrc that I have been using for over a year under prior MythTV
>> installs.
>>
>> ln -s /home/mythuser/.mythtv/lircrc ~/.lircrc
>>
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythuser mythuser 29 2009-10-04 00:51 .lircrc ->
>> /home/mythuser/.mythtv/lircrc
>>
>> Sample of the contents of 'lircrc'
>>  begin
>>   prog = mythtv
>>   button = Up
>>   repeat = 3
>>   config = Up
>>  end
>>  begin
>>   prog = mythtv
>>   button = Down
>>   repeat = 3
>>   config = Down
>>  end
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jr
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>
> Sorry to ask the obvious question....
>
> You have started the lirc daemon?
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I would be surprised if it is not something obvious.  But yes.  The
daemon is running.  Can irw function without it?