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

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Sat Feb 15 23:11:55 UTC 2014


On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,
>   Hika                            mailto: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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