[mythtv-users] Can't get lirc or irw to work, but mode2 works

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Jerry,

Sunday, June 21, 2015, 6:21:10 AM, you wrote:

> I have a newly setup LIVA box, frontend only, using the latest mythbuntu.
> It has a USB ir receiver, and I configured lirc to use mceusb remote.

> If I stop lircd and run mode2, it spews out data when I press buttons on
> the remote.  So I know the hardware is working.  However I can't get irw to
> print anything.  The receiver is the same ir receiver I was using with my
> original frontend, configured the same way, although with an older version
> of mythbuntu a few years ago.

> Info from the new machine:

> jerry at squeek:~$ lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1784:0008 TopSeed Technology Corp. eHome Infrared
> Transceiver
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:0402 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Genius
> LuxeMate i200 Keyboard
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

> jerry at squeek:~$ lsmod | grep lirc
> ir_lirc_codec          13062  3
> lirc_dev               19980  1 ir_lirc_codec
> rc_core                28718  13
> ir_sharp_decoder,lirc_dev,ir_lirc_codec,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,mceusb,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,rc_rc6_mce

> jerry at squeek:~$ ls -l /dev/lirc*
> crw------- 1 root root 250, 0 Jun 20 22:55 /dev/lirc0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     15 Jun 20 22:55 /dev/lircd -> /run/lirc/lircd

> jerry at squeek:~$ ps aux  | grep lirc
> root       566  0.0  0.1  33112  2000 ?        Ss   Jun20   0:00
> /usr/sbin/lircd --output=/run/lirc/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0

> Any suggestions?

> -Jerry

Have you read this thread from early this month "Anyone Using LIRC on
CentOS 6.6?" A lot of possible issues come up there!

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