[mythtv-users] Remote and blaster without LIRC?

[Alec Leamas]

On 24/05/2019 11:42, Stephen Worthington wrote:

> You need to run lirc-setup (I think it needs to be run as root) and
> tell it to download the MCE remote config file (devinput)

Nope, you cannot use devinput if your are going to blast, it's an
input-only driver. The default driver (which has a silly name) is
probably what you want.


> The lirc_options.conf file is largely unchanged - just check that it
> says "driver = devinput".

As I said earlier, it's probably driver  = default. The device is then
usually /dev/lirc0.


> The next LIRC config file is:
> 
> root at mypvr:/etc/lirc# cat lircd.conf
> # Populated config files can be found at http://sf.net/p/lirc-remotes.
> The
> # irdb-get(1) and lirc-setup(1) tools can be used to search and
> download
> # config files.

lirc-setup has had a nasty debian packaging bug making it crash directly
when invoked. It's fixed in Debian, but Ubuntu which lags behind might
still be affected. There is a workaround in an Ubuntu bug[1].


Cheers!
--alec

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1788235/comments/26