[mythtv-users] lirc usb receiver activity

Brent Bolin brent.bolin at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 14:36:41 UTC 2010


Getting a lot of activity on the LED of my receiver.  It appears to be
working fine.  Didn't do this until the latests updates from mythbuntu

Don't see anything in the logs to indicate a problem.  Have tried
multiple receivers.


 lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release:        10.04
Codename:       lucid

 dpkg -l|grep mythtv
ii  mythtv-common
0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2         A personal video
recorder application (commo
ii  mythtv-frontend
0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2         A personal video
recorder application (clien
ii  mythtv-theme-arclight
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The arclight MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-blootube-osd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The blootube-osd
MythTV Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-blueosd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The blueosd MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-childish
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The childish MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-graphite
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The graphite MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-iulius-osd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The iulius-osd MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-metallurgy
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The metallurgy MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-mono-osd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The mono-osd MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-mythbuntu
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The mythbuntu MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-projectgrayhem-osd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The projectgrayhem-osd
MythTV Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-retro-osd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The retro-osd MythTV
Theme
ii  mythtv-theme-titivillus-osd
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       The titivillus-osd
MythTV Theme
ii  mythtv-themes
1:0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2       Themes for MythTV
ii  mythtv-transcode-utils
0.23.0++fixes25362-0ubuntu0++mythbuntu2         Utilities used for
transcoding MythTV tasks

dpkg -l|grep lirc
ii  liblircclient0                       0.8.6-0ubuntu4.1
                  infra-red remote control support - client li
ii  lirc                                 0.8.6-0ubuntu4.1
                  infra-red remote control support
ii  mythbuntu-lirc-generator             0.24-0ubuntu1
                  Mythbuntu Lirc Configuration Generator

root at brent:/var/log# cat /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD="false"

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="true"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""

#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""

 cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
#This configuration has been automatically generated via
#the Ubuntu LIRC package maintainer scripts.
#
#It includes the default configuration for the remote and/or
#transmitter that you have selected during package installation.
#
#Feel free to add any custom remotes to the configuration
#via additional include directives or below the existing
#Ubuntu include directives from your selected remote and/or
#transmitter.

#Configuration for the Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) remote:
include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"



lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0471:0815 Philips eHome Infrared Receiver
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


ps aux|grep lirc
root       938  0.0  0.0   3124   676 ?        S<s  Sep28   0:03
/usr/sbin/lircd --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0

Have been holding off doing updates on my other front ends.

Anybody have any ideas


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