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<p class=MsoNormal>I have solved this problem. First, apologies to Jarod
and others reading this thread for yesterday’s inaccurate/confusing
messages about directories involved, etc. I think I was running low on
brain glucose or something after fighting this all day. I suppose you
know how it is.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So this morning, it occurred to me to run cat
/var/log/messages | grep lirc to see if there were any errors from lircd.
It said<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:04:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: error
processing command: SEND_ONCE blaster 0_74_KEY_POWER<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:04:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: unknown remote:
"blaster"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:04:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: removed client<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:05:15 localhost lircd-0.8.6[1253]: caught signal<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: error in
configfile line 62:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]:
"2147549184": must be a valid (lirc_t) number<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: reading of file
'/etc/lirc/lircd.conf' failed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2191]: reading of
config file failed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jan 17 18:05:16 localhost lircd-0.8.6[2192]: lircd(default)
ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Line 62 in the config file is the first one that sends codes
for a satellite box (1_xx). I don’t know if there’s just
something wrong with that line or with all the satbox lines. I’m also
not too sure how the rest of you could have used this file without getting the
same error. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Regardless, I edited out all the lines in lircd.conf except
that ones that could potentially apply to my box, rebooted, ran modprobe
lirc_zilog again, and hallelujah it works. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>FWIW I suspect the modprobe errors I was getting occurred
because I tried to run the irsend command first, which per the message above installed
a default config file that did not include a transmitter based on the
zilog chip. But that’s just a guess.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have written a perl script to get rid of unwanted code
sets in that lirc file. Any ideas about how I can best distribute it for
others to use? I don’t really have a suitable web site of my own to
post it to.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for all the help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
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