[mythtv-users] Joy and pain

[Daryl McDonald]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hoi Daryl,
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> Thursday, February 13, 2014, 1:00:18 AM, you wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Hoi Hika,
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> Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 11:42:10 PM, you wrote:
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>  Hoi Karl,
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> Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 11:28:18 PM, you wrote:
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>  On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Hoi Hika, I just tried the rule with the "space \" and without them, I put
> it in with my capture card rules but no change as yet. Was that the right
> place to put it?  Daryl
> Daryl,
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> That udev rule that Hika provided is intended to add a symlink
> /dev/lircSerial pointing to /dev/lirc1 (probably; could be a different
> number if the card is installed or not). For this test, it doesn't matter
> if your analog card is installed or not (but if it works with the card out,
> it would be good to test it again with the card installed). You can check
> to see if the udev rule is working by ls -lah /dev/lirc*  If you see
> /dev/lircSerial then that part is working and you can move on to fixing
> your lircd configuration to use that symlink.
>
> Karl
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> The '\' at the en tell it is still the same line so use either with '\' or
> put it all on one line.
> It's just to make it more readable.
> The rule assumes it's using lirc_serial as driver. To be sure run that
> udevadm command on /dev/lirc0
> without the new card. There shouldn't then be a /dev/lirc1. Your out pu
> should then look like:
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> Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then
> walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device
> found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.
> A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device
> and the attributes from one single parent device.
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>   looking at device '/devices/platform/lirc_serial.0/lirc/lirc0':
>     KERNEL=="lirc0"
>     SUBSYSTEM=="lirc"
>     DRIVER==""
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>   looking at parent device '/devices/platform/lirc_serial.0':
>     KERNELS=="lirc_serial.0"
>     SUBSYSTEMS=="platform"
>     DRIVERS=="lirc_serial"
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>   looking at parent device '/devices/platform':
>     KERNELS=="platform"
>     SUBSYSTEMS==""
>     DRIVERS==""
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> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com<hikavdh at gmail.com>
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> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
> --
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> Oh, one small but. If the lirc device created for the new card also uses
> lirc_serial,
> it will create the simlink for both and you will see the last one.
> This however is very unlikely since most build in go through an i2c
> interface and
> will use another driver.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com<hikavdh at gmail.com>
>
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
> --
>
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> Looks like the rule is working:
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> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ ls -lah /dev/lirc*
> crw------- 1 root root 250, 0 Feb 12 17:51 /dev/lirc0
> crw------- 1 root root 250, 1 Feb 12 17:51 /dev/lirc1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     19 Feb 12 17:51 /dev/lircd ->
> /var/run/lirc/lircd
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      5 Feb 12 17:51 /dev/lircSerial -> lirc1
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
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> But not the blaster:
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> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ /usr/local/bin/check_stb
> irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE DCT700 info
> irsend: hardware does not support sending
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>
> I even tried switching slots in the box, my mobo has four slots PCIe 16,
> PCIe, and two PCI, with only two tuners, I left a gap, so they could
> breathe better, if both PCI cards are in the IR Blaster doesn't work,
> analog and an empty slot, IR works. What should we try next?
> All efforts and contributions are greatly appreciated.  Daryl
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> You have to reconfigure your irblaster to use the new lirc device.
> /dev/lircSerial in stead of /dev/lirc0.
> Look ad the options given to the lircd deamon on loading.
> Now it should contain -d /dev/lirc0 and it should be /dev/lircSerial.
> I don't know where that is located in mythbuntu, but on my system it's in
> /etc/conf.d/lirc
> But if mythbuntu is running gnome desktop it uses systemd and I don't know
> where it's set then.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com<hikavdh at gmail.com>
>
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
> --
>
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Ok, I can see lirc0, lirc1, lircd, and lircSerial, in my "/dev" directory,
but I need help configuring it. Initially I used MCC's GUI and selected
"Serial Port (UART): motorola cable box".
  Even though I use MCC my system is Ubuntu, apparently that is an unusual
mix.
What should I do next?         Daryl
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