[mythtv-users] Gentoo, lirc and mythtv

[Thomas Boehm]

Hi List,

I'm trying out MythTV on Gentoo, but can't get lirc to work with
mythfrontend. Lirc itself seems to work, at least that's what irw tells me.

000000037ff07be1 00 KEY_UP mceusb
000000037ff07be1 01 KEY_UP mceusb
000000037ff07bde 00 KEY_RIGHT mceusb
000000037ff07bde 01 KEY_RIGHT mceusb
000000037ff07bde 02 KEY_RIGHT mceusb
000000037ff07be0 00 KEY_DOWN mceusb
000000037ff07be0 01 KEY_DOWN mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 00 KEY_LEFT mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 01 KEY_LEFT mceusb
...

My lirc device is /dev/lirc0 according to

# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev 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"

and that's what I set in the frontend under "lirc daemon socket". My
~/.lircrc looks like this

#Custom lircrc generated via mythbuntu-lirc-generator
#All application specific lircrc files are within ~/.lirc
include ~/.lirc/mythtv
#include ~/.lirc/mplayer
#include ~/.lirc/xine
#include ~/.lirc/vlc
#include ~/.lirc/xmame
#include ~/.lirc/xmess
#include ~/.lirc/totem
#include ~/.lirc/elisa
#include ~/.lirc/irexec

and ~/.lirc/mythtv like this

 ...
begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = KEY_UP
    config = Up
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end

begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = KEY_LEFT
    config = Left
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end

begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = KEY_OK
    config = Return
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end

begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = KEY_RIGHT
    config = Right
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end

begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = KEY_DOWN
    config = Down
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end
...

I also tried "prog = mythfrontend" and removed "KEY_" from the button
line and restarted lircd and mythfrontend after each change. What could
I possibly do wrong? Everything works fine on the same PC under Ubuntu.

Thanks
Thomas