[mythtv-users] Upgraded system and now lirc won't work

[Gabe Rubin]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>

Some more information.

When I try irrecord, I get

irrecord: could not open /dev/lirc0
irrecord: default_init(): Device or resource busy
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
permissions)


I assumed I could get keystrokes when I ran this to make sure the
receiver is seeing the remote.  I get this whether I have the lirc
service running or not.

Also, I am now getting these errors in /var/log/message when I run irw:

May  3 15:02:14 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: lircd(default) ready,
using /var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:02:20 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: accepted new client on
/var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:02:20 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: could not open /dev/lirc0
May  3 15:02:20 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: default_init(): Device or
resource busy
May  3 15:02:20 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: Failed to initialize hardware
May  3 15:02:24 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: removed client
May  3 15:02:40 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: accepted new client on
/var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:02:40 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: could not open /dev/lirc0
May  3 15:02:40 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: default_init(): Device or
resource busy
May  3 15:02:40 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: Failed to initialize hardware
May  3 15:02:46 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: removed client
May  3 15:02:55 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: accepted new client on
/var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:02:55 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: could not open /dev/lirc0
May  3 15:02:55 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: default_init(): Device or
resource busy
May  3 15:02:55 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: Failed to initialize hardware
May  3 15:02:59 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: removed client
May  3 15:03:12 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: accepted new client on
/var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:03:12 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: could not open /dev/lirc0
May  3 15:03:12 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: default_init(): Device or
resource busy
May  3 15:03:12 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: Failed to initialize hardware
May  3 15:03:17 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: removed client
May  3 15:03:20 localhost ntpd[1928]: synchronized to 207.171.7.151, stratum 2
May  3 15:03:20 localhost ntpd[1928]: kernel time sync status change 2001
May  3 15:13:23 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2803]: caught signal
May  3 15:13:26 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2890]: lircd(default) ready,
using /var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:23:43 localhost ntpd[1928]: synchronized to 198.186.191.229, stratum 2
May  3 15:24:24 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2890]: caught signal
May  3 15:24:26 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: lircd(default) ready,
using /var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:24:30 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: accepted new client on
/var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:24:30 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: could not open /dev/lirc0
May  3 15:24:30 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: default_init(): Device or
resource busy
May  3 15:24:30 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: Failed to initialize hardware
May  3 15:24:34 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: removed client
May  3 15:26:29 localhost lircd-0.8.6[3099]: lircd(default) ready,
using /var/run/lirc/lircd
May  3 15:27:11 localhost avahi-daemon[2233]: Invalid query packet.
May  3 15:27:11 localhost last message repeated 2 times
May  3 15:29:09 localhost lircd-0.8.6[3099]: caught signal
May  3 15:29:09 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2977]: caught signal