[mythtv-users] lirc problems

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Joe Friedrich <pennstatejoe74 at gmail.com> wrote:
> i have been trying to get mythtv to work for months with my hd-pvr.  i am
> yet to figure it out.  seems like i'm always so close - then something else
> pops up.  right now i'm dealing with some lirc issue i found in the
> deamon.logs everytime i boot the front end.  the machine i'm running is a
> front/backend.  i am hoping to use freemote control with it.
>
> is there a better place i can find more detailed info about what's not
> allowing myth to work properly...  maybe some logs specific to mythtv.
>
> i've been getting this error for the past 3 days...
>
>
> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: accepted new client on
> /var/run/lirc/lircd
> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: could not get file
> information for /dev/lirc
> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: default_init(): No such
> file or directory
> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: Failed to initialize
> hardware
> Jun  1 19:57:56 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: removed client

$ ls -l /dev/lirc*

Betcha there's no /dev/lirc, but instead, /dev/lirc0. Add a symlink or
edit your distro's initscript config. The default device really ought
to be changed in lirc from /dev/lirc to /dev/lirc0 (which I've done
for the Fedora lirc builds), but I think I'll go ahead with committing
that change upstream at some point too.

This has nothing to do with video on your hd-pvr not working though.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com