[mythtv-users] Lirc and Debian

[william otten]

I have have been looking into using debian distros lately and I have found
a common theme so far....I can't get lirc to work. My past experience is
using ubuntu based distro's and the process to get lirc working:
1. Install lirc
2. Update hardware and lircd config files.
3. Add .lircrc file
4. reboot or restart lirc.
I used the same process with debian but lirc isn't working. I found out by
accident that when I restarted lirc using sudo /etc/init.d/lirc
restart...that lirc fails on both stopping and restarting.
I found a work around in getting lirc to work while searching for an answer
to the failure issue...
sudo /usr/sbin/lircd --output=/dev/lircd --driver=atilibusb
I start this after the computer is up and it continues to run until I
reboot.
I could use the kernel driver and not worry about lirc but I have several
of the same remote and I can set channel id's using lirc but not with the
kernel driver, meaning if I use the kernel driver the remote in the
livingroom with control every other frontend at the same time. The remotes
are radio frequency.
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