[mythtv-users] Anyone Using LIRC on CentOS 6.6?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Kirk,

Thursday, June 4, 2015, 5:01:10 AM, you wrote:



> On 6/3/2015 7:40 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Anyhow the commands for loading lircd are different. With /dev/lirc0 
>> you have something like: -d /dev/lirc0. With the new interface it is: 
>> -H devinput -d /dev/input/event14. The trouble is that the number can 
>> easily change. They say -H devinput -d name="DVB" should work or if 
>> you have by-path sim-links in /dev/input, you could use them. I use 
>> udev to get a stable named sim-link. Also lircd needs to be compiled 
>> with the right device support and against the right kernel. Most 
>> versions you install with a distribution are compiled with all support. 

> A user on the CentOS list suggested looking at the devinput driver. I 
> started experimenting with it. But got no input. However I did not 
> specify an input and there was no error by lircd.

>> If you use in-kernel support lircd.conf doesn't do much anymore. It's 
>> all supplied by the kernel. Standard support will work without lircd 
>> loaded. Only if you want to differentiate from the default or if your 
>> device is not supported (like with blasters or my homebrew serial 
>> device I have on one machine) you need lircd. In the new input layer 
>> it's like with keyboards and mice, it just should works.

> I'd like to use more than one remote, so I'm not sure how that works. Is
> your /etc/lirc/lircd.conf empty then? Would you post your udev rule for
> stable naming.
> _______________________________________________

One other difference irw  and mode2 are for lirc devices. With the
input layer you use ir-keytable


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