[mythtv-users] Pedestrian LIRC question

Another Sillyname anothersname at googlemail.com
Sun Oct 4 07:55:25 UTC 2009


2009/10/4 jr <jraymyth at gmail.com>:
> 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?
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Have you had a look in /var/log/lircd to see if there's anything reported?

Have you tried another app, say vlc, and modded your lircrc to see if
that works?


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