[mythtv-users] HDPVR setup irsend error -- EUREKA!

steve networks1 at cox.net
Mon Jan 18 17:19:46 UTC 2010


I have solved this problem.  First, apologies to Jarod and others reading
this thread for yesterday's  inaccurate/confusing messages about directories
involved, etc.  I think I was running low on brain glucose or something
after fighting this all day.  I suppose you know how it is.

 

So this morning, it occurred to me to run cat /var/log/messages | grep lirc
to see if there were any errors from lircd.  It said

 

Jan 17 18:04:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: error processing command:
SEND_ONCE blaster 0_74_KEY_POWER

Jan 17 18:04:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: unknown remote: "blaster"

Jan 17 18:04:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: removed client

Jan 17 18:05:15 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: caught signal

Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: error in configfile line 62:

Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: "2147549184": must be a valid
(lirc_t) number

Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: reading of file
'/etc/lirc/lircd.conf' failed

Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: reading of config file failed

Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2192]: lircd(default) ready, using
/var/run/lirc/lircd

 

Line 62 in the config file is the first one that sends codes for a satellite
box (1_xx).  I don't know if there's just something wrong with that line or
with all the satbox lines.  I'm also not too sure how the rest of you could
have used this file without getting the same error.  

 

Regardless, I edited out all the lines in lircd.conf except that ones that
could potentially apply to my box, rebooted, ran modprobe lirc_zilog again,
and hallelujah it works. 

 

FWIW I suspect the modprobe errors I was getting occurred because I tried to
run the irsend command first, which per the message above installed  a
default config file that did not include a transmitter based on the zilog
chip.  But that's just a guess.

 

I have written a perl script to get rid of unwanted code sets in that lirc
file.  Any ideas about how I can best distribute it for others to use?  I
don't really have a suitable web site of my own to post it to.

 

Thanks for all the help.

 

Steve

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