[mythtv-users] Joy and pain (Daryl McDonald)

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Daryl,

Saturday, February 15, 2014, 8:31:28 PM, you wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Mike Perkins
>>>> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 15/02/14 18:25, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15/02/14 15:22, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ ls /dev/lirc*
>>>>>>> /dev/lirc0  /dev/lirc1  /dev/lircd  /dev/lircSerial
>>>>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Removed a lot of dead wood)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would probably help the conversation if you used one of the long
>>>>>> options
>>>>>> here, like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ls -al
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This would tell the rest of us just *where* /dev/lircSerial (and any other
>>>>>> symbolic links) actually points.
>>>>>>
>>>>> That would of course be: ls -al /dev/lirc*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Perkins
>>>>>
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>>>> Here it is:
>>>>
>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ ls -al /dev/lirc*
>>>> crw------- 1 root root 250, 0 Feb 15 10:49 /dev/lirc0
>>>> crw------- 1 root root 250, 1 Feb 15 10:49 /dev/lirc1
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     25 Feb 15 10:49 /dev/lircd ->
>>>> /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      5 Feb 15 10:49 /dev/lircSerial -> lirc1
>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>>>
>>> Mythbuntu Control Center set up the serial port blaster initially,
>>> would it help at all to disable this with MCC allow the Symlinks to
>>> connect then let MCC set the serial port blaster? Or should MCC get
>>> out and stasy out of the set-up?   just grasping at straws here.
>>> Daryl
>>
>> When I disable the IR transmitter via MCC the line: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root
>> root     25 Feb 15 14:11 /dev/lircd -> /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial
>> disappears from the above query, /dev/lircd seems to be the symlink
>> created by MCC for the blaster, so should /dev/lircd be used in the
>> udev rule instead of "/dev/lircSerial"?   Daryl

> Isn't the lack of a node name a significant part of the problem?:

> udev_rules_apply_to_event: LINK 'lircSerial'
> /etc/udev/rules.d/capture-card.rules:7
> udev_event_execute_rules: no node name set, will use kernel supplied
> name 'lirc1'
> udev_node_add: creating device node '/dev/lirc1', devnum=250:1,
> mode=0600, uid=0, gid=0
> udev_node_mknod: preserve file '/dev/lirc1', because it has correct dev_t
> udev_node_mknod: preserve permissions /dev/lirc1, 020600, uid=0, gid=0
> node_symlink: preserve already existing symlink '/dev/char/250:1' to '../lirc1'
> link_find_prioritized: found 'c250:1' claiming '/run/udev/links/lircSerial'
> link_update: creating link '/dev/lircSerial' to '/dev/lirc1'
> node_symlink: preserve already existing symlink '/dev/lircSerial' to 'lirc1'
> udev_device_update_db: unable to create temporary db file
> '/run/udev/data/c250:1.tmp': Permission denied
> ACTION=-p
> DEVLINKS=/dev/lircSerial
> DEVNAME=/dev/lirc1
> DEVPATH=/devices/platform/lirc_serial.0/lirc/lirc1
> MAJOR=250
> MINOR=1
> SUBSYSTEM=lirc
> UDEV_LOG=6
> USEC_INITIALIZED=26744727
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
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Sorry I was experimenting with opengl etc and my virtualbox (with
windows and my mail program) would freeze my machine took me some
time.
On fast scanning I would say that since /dev/lircd points to
/var/run/lirc/lircSerial It now should work. Give me a few minutes
look deeper.

Tot mails,
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