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

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Sat Feb 15 23:54:17 UTC 2014 

On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hoi Daryl,
>>
>> Sunday, February 16, 2014, 12:40:03 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hoi Daryl,
>>>>
>>>> Sunday, February 16, 2014, 12:11:55 AM, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>> No problem
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lets first explain what is what and created by what:
>>>> 1: When the kernel loads the support for lirc it creates through udev
>>>>    the devices /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc1 and through your own rule
>>>>    udev adds the simlink /dev/lircSerial. Without the card the last
>>>>    will point to /dev/lirc0 and with the card to /dev/lirc1.
>>>> 2: Then comes in lircd (remember the extra d) lirc will create a
>>>>    socket (which is a kind of doorway) to the desired device.
>>>>    /var/run/lircd and a link to this socket in /dev/ /dev/lircd.
>>>>    You originally configured it through mcc and this program probably
>>>>    creates the file /etc/lirc/hardware.conf.
>>>>    By default this socket is called lircd. To prevent the new card
>>>>    from interfering we tried to give the socketfile it own uniek name.
>>>>
>>>> This all seemed to work but have you tried if it worked with irsend -d
>>>> /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial?
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>
>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ irsend -d /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial
>>> irsend: not enough arguments
>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
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>>
>>
>> Of cause you have to tell what to send. Like when you tested before.
>> See man irsend.
>>
>> 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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>
> sorry to be so dense:
>
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ irsend SEND_START -d /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial
> irsend: not enough arguments
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ irsend send_power_on -d /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial
> irsend: not enough arguments
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ irsend -d /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial send_power_on
> irsend: not enough arguments
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$

daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ irsend -d /var/run/lirc/lircdSerial irsend
SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $cmd
irsend: could not connect to socket
irsend: No such file or directory
daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$

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