[mythtv-users] liblirc_client not compiled into mythfrontend

Brock Haywood brock.haywood at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 17:04:32 UTC 2010 

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Brock Haywood <brock.haywood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Brock Haywood <brock.haywood at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Brock Haywood <
> brock.haywood at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Brock Haywood
> >>> > <brock.haywood at gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Johnny Walker
> >>> >> <johnnyjboss at gmail.com>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Note: we bottom post on this list for later readability of others
> >>> >>> when
> >>> >>> searching this list. (Which can be done at
> >>> >>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/ )
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> >On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Brock Haywood
> >>> >>> > <brock.haywood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >>> >Maybe i was unclear, "ldd ./mythfrontend |grep lirc" is empty tho
> i
> >>> >>> > understand that lirc is baked into 0.22 so i shouldn't be
> expecting
> >>> >>> > to see
> >>> >>> > it.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> >Regarding irw, when it is run I get what i was expecting.  When i
> >>> >>> > press
> >>> >>> > up on the remote, it shows up_pressed or something like that.
> I'm
> >>> >>> > away from
> >>> >>> > >this machine at work so I will reply with the exact messages
> >>> >>> > > later.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> >bh
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> It sounds like you've made good progress if irw reports the
> >>> >>> keypresses. We need to compare the output of those against your
> >>> >>> previously posted .lircrc files. Specifically I'm thinking the
> remote
> >>> >>> name needs to match correctly as follows:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> output of IRW:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Matches :
> >>> >>> 0000000000001794 00 Up mceusb
> >>> >>> 0000000000001794 01 Up mceusb
> >>> >>> 0000000000001796 00 Left mceusb
> >>> >>> 0000000000001796 01 Left mceusb
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Doesn't Match:
> >>> >>> 0000000000001795 00 Down Hauppauge_350
> >>> >>> 0000000000001795 01 Down Hauppauge_350
> >>> >>> 0000000000001797 00 Right Hauppauge_350
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Snippet of .lircrc you posted previously:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> begin
> >>> >>>     remote = mceusb <-- matches
> >>> >>>     prog = mythtv
> >>> >>>     button = RecTV
> >>> >>>     config = R
> >>> >>>     repeat = 0
> >>> >>>     delay = 0
> >>> >>> end
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> The lirc daemon only runs the commands or keypresses in these small
> >>> >>> stanza's if the name of the remote sending them matches. This
> allows
> >>> >>> multiple remotes to be used.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Sorry for the misinfo on the 'try stopping the lirc daemon' - I was
> >>> >>> actually wondering if you were seeing errors on starting / stopping
> >>> >>> it
> >>> >>> and wasn't thinking clearly on the irw vs. irrecord needing it.
> Jarod
> >>> >>> is actually quite the expert on lirc as he's a major contributor to
> >>> >>> it. (to whom we're all exceedingly grateful.)
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> -Johnny
> >>> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> >>> mythtv-users mailing list
> >>> >>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >>> >>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Ok, will do.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> - brock
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Here is the output from irw when pressing up, left, down, right, 1,
> 2,
> >>> > 3, 4,
> >>> > 5, 6, 7, 8, 9:
> >>> >
> >>> > 000000037ff07be1 00 Up mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bdf 00 Left mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07be0 01 Down mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bde 00 Right mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bfe 00 One mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bfd 00 Two mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bfc 00 Three mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bfb 00 Four mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bfa 00 Five mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bf9 00 Six mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bf8 00 Seven mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bf8 01 Seven mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bf7 00 Eight mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bf6 00 Nine mceusb
> >>> > 000000037ff07bf6 01 Nine mceusb
> >>> >
> >>> > Does this make sense with what is in the lircrc?
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > - brock
> >>>
> >>> Yes it appears that the remote name matches so given that the lirc
> >>> daemon was started BEFORE mythtv was started you should be seeing the
> >>> menu cursor move up and down in response to the key-presses on the
> >>> remote.
> >>>
> >>> You're original post said that you were ahving trouble getting lirc to
> >>> work in mythtv - are you seeing no activity at all or just unexpected
> >>> behaviour?
> >>>
> >>> Lets review your /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log for mention of any
> >>> issues during startup. Here's an example problem:
> >>>
> >>> 2009-12-29 17:41:27.863 Using theme base resolution of 1280x720
> >>> 2009-12-29 17:41:27.909 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket
> >>> '/dev/lircd'
> >>>                        eno: No such file or directory (2)
> >>> 2009-12-29 17:41:28.196 Using the Qt painter
> >>>
> >>> Here's a proper startup:
> >>>
> >>> 2010-01-19 08:06:15.122 Using theme base resolution of 1280x720
> >>> 2010-01-19 08:06:15.148 LIRC: Successfully initialized '/dev/lircd'
> >>> using '/home/johnny/.mythtv/lircrc' config
> >>> 2010-01-19 08:06:15.501 Using the Qt painter
> >>>
> >>> One thing to remember is that the lirc daemon has to be reloaded and
> >>> then mythfrontend restarted when you make changes to .lircrc.
> >>>
> >>> -Johnny
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> mythtv-users mailing list
> >>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>
> >> So,i'm getting no response from the remote control when running myth. I
> >> also don't see anything in the frontend log.
> >>
> >> Here is the output of the log when starting up the frontend, pressing
> some
> >> buttons on the remote and shutting down the frontend:
> >>
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:40.238 mythfrontend version: tags/release-0-22 [0.22]
> >> www.mythtv.org
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:40.239 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:40.239 Using configuration directory =
> /home/myth/.mythtv
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.157 Empty LocalHostName.
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.158 Using localhost value of vectorsigma
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.168 New DB connection, total: 1
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.173 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >> 127.0.0.1
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.175 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.203 ScreenSaverX11Private: XScreenSaver support
> >> enabled
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.203 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver
> support
> >> enabled
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.205 DPMS is disabled.
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.207 Primary screen: 0.
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.209 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >> 127.0.0.1
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.211 Using screen 0, 1920x1080 at 0,0
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.244 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.245 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.258 Primary screen: 0.
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.259 Using screen 0, 1920x1080 at 0,0
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.261 Using theme base resolution of 1280x720
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.667 Using the Qt painter
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.935 Loaded base theme from
> >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/base.xml
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:41.947 Loaded base theme from
> >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/base.xml
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.001 Loaded base theme from
> >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.002 Unable to load window 'backgroundwindow' from
> base
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.016 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer):
> 1244
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.019 New DB connection, total: 2
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.028 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >> 127.0.0.1
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.544 Desktop video mode: 1920x1080 60.0024 Hz
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.918 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:42.977 Registering WebBrowser as a media playback
> plugin.
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.070 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat
> >> /dev/bdi,
> >>                         eno: No such file or directory (2)
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.075 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat
> >> /dev/power,
> >>                         eno: No such file or directory (2)
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.080 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat
> >> /dev/trace,
> >>                         eno: No such file or directory (2)
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.086 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.121 Current MythMusic Schema Version
> >> (MusicDBSchemaVer): 1017
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.215 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40,
> >>
> mp3,mp2,ogg,oga,flac,wma,wav,ac3,oma,omg,atp,ra,dts,aac,m4a,aa3,tta,mka,aiff,swa,wv)
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.250 Current MythVideo Schema Version
> >> (mythvideo.DBSchemaVer): 1028
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.374 NetworkControl: Listening for remote connections
> >> on port 6546
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.377 Loading window theme from
> >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/menu-ui.xml
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.498 Loading menu theme from
> >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//mainmenu.xml
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:43.502 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Mythbuntu'
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:45.681 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
> >> 192.168.1.199:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:45.683 Using protocol version 50
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:52.481 NetworkControl: Socket disconnected
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:52.488 AudioPulseUtil: Resume Success
> >> 2010-03-30 16:39:52.488 Deleting UPnP client...
> >> Error in my_thread_global_end(): 1 threads didn't exit
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --
> >> - brock
> >
> >
> > Does the fact there are no errors in this log suggest that perhaps things
> > like the repeat in the .lircrc are wrong?
> >
> > --
> > - brock
> >
>
> I'm more tempted to think that maybe there's a problem in the mythtv
> config. On the frontend can you goto Utilities / Setup --> Setup -->
> General and then to the 8th screen it should say 'Remote Control' -
> Next to 'LIRC Daemon Socket:' what do you have listed?
>
> Also I notice in your logs you're running the release version. I would
> strongly suggest installing the mythtbuntu autobuilds package. It will
> contain many bug fixes for you.
>
> -Johnny
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Here are those settings:

The LircSocket is: /dev/lircd
The LircKeyPressedApp is empty.

The socket seems to be correct:
ll /dev/lirc*
crw-rw---- 1 root root 61, 0 2010-03-30 15:32 /dev/lirc0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    19 2010-03-30 15:32 /dev/lircd ->
/var/run/lirc/lircd

-- 
- brock
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