[mythtv-users] How to patch LIRC for HD-PVR150

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 5, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 22:28 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>> After all of this, try an irsend again, and paste any relevant
>> linces
>>> from "dmesg" related to the mce_usb module.
>> 
>> In shell #1:
>> /etc/init.d/lircd stop
>> lircd -n -d /dev/lirc0
>> 
>> This might be enough to reveal what's up.
>> 
> 
> Aha!  That found the problem. 
> 
> Error in configfile line 348:
> unknown definition: "advc xz eps"
> reading of file /etc/lirc/lircd.conf failed
> reading of config file failed.
> 
> There was an error in the lirc.conf file.
> I changed it to aeps 100
> 
> Now irsend LIST "" "" shows the four remotes, and irsend will now send
> single digits to the controller.
> e.g. irsend SEND_ONCE dish211 5 will change the STB to channel 5
> 
> No luck changing channels within mythtv yet, but we're peeling back the
> layers of this onion.
> 
> I still get a failure when I watch tv if I change the command
> from /bin/true to /home/mythtv/dish-change-channel-lirc.sh
> 
> Possibly a permission problem on the script?
> I've attached the channel change script I'm using, and the permissions
> that are currently set on that file

You have:

-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv root 1727 Nov  5 23:09 dish-change-channel-lirc.sh

There's no execute permissions set on that script.

chmod +x dish-change-channel-lirc.sh

Then mythtv should be happier trying to execute it. :)

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com