[mythtv-users] liblirc_client not compiled into mythfrontend

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Mon Mar 29 17:16:01 UTC 2010


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Brock Haywood <brock.haywood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Any ideas on how to debug this issue above? The mythfrontend doesn't log
>> any errors and i believe my config is good so i'm unsure what to look for
>> now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
> 1) my output of 'ldd ./mythfrontend |grep lirc' is empty - so I'm not sure
> why yours isn't.
>
> johnny at mythrevo:~% mythfrontend --version
> Please include all output in bug reports.
> MythTV Version   : 23775M
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-22-fixes
> Network Protocol : 50
> Library API      : 0.22.20091023-1
> QT Version       : 4.5.2
> Options compiled in:
>  linux release using_oss using_alsa using_pulse using_jack using_backend
> using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr
> using_iptv using_ivtv using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video
> using_opengl_vsync using_qtwebkit using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv
> using_xvmc using_xvmc_vld using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
> using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live
> using_mheg
>
> root at mythrevo:/usr/local/bin# ldd ./mythfrontend |grep lirc
> root at mythrevo:/usr/local/bin#  {EMPTY}

Same with the Fedora packages on my boxes, where lirc most definitely does work.

> 2) I would personally call the Lirc auto generator from MythBuntu a great
> tool for getting you started but you still need to double-check it.
>
> To answer the question - what happens when you run 'sudo irw' and then press
> buttons on the remote? If you get an error starting irw try making sure to
> stop the lirc daemon - 'sudo /etc/init.d/lirc stop'.

Um. No. irw connects to the lircd socket. The socket only exists and
provides data if lircd is running. irrecord needs to be run w/o lircd
running, irw most definitely needs lircd running.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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