[mythtv-users] Hauppauge PVR 350 and LIRC setting up

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Marc Chamberlin <marc at marcchamberlin.com> wrote:
> On 4/1/2010 2:05 PM, Scott wrote:
...
>>> Thanks again Jarod for your thoughts/help...  I took the plunge and
>>> removed the ir-kbd-i2c kernel module and installed the lirc-i2c and lirc-dev
>>> modules. Double checked the /etc/sysconfig/lirc  /etc/lircd.conf and my
>>> .lircrc files and to the best of my understanding they seem correct.  If you
>>> like I could attach them and send them in to be looked over...  I then
>>> restarted the lirc daemon and no joy!  Now nothing from my remote is being
>>> recognized by any of the aforementioned utilities..
>>>
>>> Thoughts?    Marc..
>>
>> i would post the dmesg stuff and your lircd.conf
>> also if irw doesnt do anything try mode2, if that shows something then its
>> the lircd.conf
>>
>
> Thanks Scott for your suggestions...  I probably should clear out my
> /var/log/messages file first before posting dmesg stuff, kinda lengthy when
> I grep for lirc lines... But first I am trying to figure out/understand how
> to make the kernel module changes I made persistent when I reboot.. This is
> new territory for me and I don't fully grok it yet...
>
> I have attached my lircd.conf...   As for using mode2, the man pages tell me
> that it only works with home brewed ir receivers, not with TV cards that
> decode the IR signal.. I am using the IR port on the Hauppauge PVR-350
> receiver so I don't think mode2 will work for me...

lircd.conf isn't actually interesting, its the /etc/sysconfig/lirc
file and dmesg that will shed more light on what's going on. And I'd
test for remote functionality just using irw to start out, since it
doesn't rely on a properly set up lircrc.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com