[mythtv-users] LIRC on Fedora 18 (I realise slightly off list topic)

[Russell Gower]

On 12 May 2013, at 22:16, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Martin
> 
> I had a look at your configs and still no go.......
> 
> I even tried......
> 
> lircd -n --device=/dev/input/event5 --driver=devinput
> 
> which loads into a non daemon mode so i can watch any output
> 
> if I then run irw in another terminal session the session running
> lircd outputs:-
> 
> lircd-0.9.0[3589]: lircd(devinput) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
> lircd-0.9.0[3589]: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
> lircd-0.9.0[3589]: initializing '/dev/input/event5'   <-----   When
> irw is fired up
> lircd-0.9.0[3589]: removed client
> lircd-0.9.0[3589]: closing '/dev/input/event5'     <------When irw is CTL-C'd
> 
> which would seem to me to indicate that lircd is listening on the correct path
> 
> However no infra red commands are 'seen' by irw.
> 
> Anyone else have any other ideas?


Hi,
  I made the switch to Fedora 18 back in April so my memory is a little hazy on the detail, I remember it took me quite a few hours of head scratching to get it working but in the end I think it boiled down to changing the ExecStart line in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lirc.service to read
	
	ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd -H devinput -d /dev/input/by-id/usb-Philips_eHome_Infr ared_Transceiver_PH00NN95-event-if00

 You'd obviously have to amend the device path to match.

I also copied the /etc/lirc/lircd.conf file from my previous Centos 6.2 system, I can provide it if required but I suspect it was just one of the samples supplied by the lirc packages.

Regards
  Russell