<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m rebuilding a previously-working frontend/backend running on a Zotac zbox talking to a Hauppage 1212 HD-PVR. I’ve got a MCEUSB device with IR blaster attached that used to work great at controlling the cable box. The IR blaster is actually more important for me than the receiving part — a wireless keyboard isn’t out of the question.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Previously I was running a 2.6.32 (I think) kernel and lira 0.8.7 built from source. Now I’m on a new Debian Wheezy install with a 3.2.0 kernel, and lirc-0.9.0 from the distribution.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My channel-change script is reporting:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">irsend: command failed: send_once Motorola_QIP6200-2 5</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">irsend: hardware does not support sending</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My hardware.conf file:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""># /etc/lirc/hardware.conf</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">#</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""># Arguments which will be used when launching lircd</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">LIRCD_ARGS=""</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">#START_LIRCMD=false</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">#Don't start irexec, even if a good config file seems to exist.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">#START_IREXEC=false</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">#Try to load appropriate kernel modules</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">LOAD_MODULES=true</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""># Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""># DRIVER="UNCONFIGURED"</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">DRIVER="default"</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""># usually /dev/lirc0 is the correct setting for systems using udev </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">MODULES=""</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""># Default configuration files for your hardware if any</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">LIRCD_CONF=""</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">LIRCMD_CONF=""</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just in case they’re relevant, here’s the dmesg snippet:</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.178785] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.178790] usbhid: USB HID core driver</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.419670] Linux media interface: v0.10</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.443400] IR NEC protocol handler initialized</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.446585] Linux video capture interface: v2.00</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.475379] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.493274] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.506326] hdpvr 1-3:1.0: firmware version 0x15 dated Jun 17 2010 09:26:53</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.527687] IR JVC protocol handler initialized</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.544055] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.544370] input: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (0471:0815) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/rc/rc0/input9</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.544525] rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (0471:0815) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/rc/rc0</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.692933] hdpvr 1-3:1.0: device now attached to video0</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.693009] usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.739565] IR Sony protocol handler initialized</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.768068] mceusb 3-2:1.0: Registered Philips eHome Infrared Transceiver with mce emulator interface version 1</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.768078] mceusb 3-2:1.0: 2 tx ports (0x1 cabled) and 2 rx sensors (0x1 active)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.768146] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.817078] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb) as /devices/virtual/input/input10</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.817335] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.840258] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 250 </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.841439] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered at minor = 0</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">[ 8.841446] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">and lircd’s reported driver list:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">$ /usr/sbin/lircd --driver=</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">Driver `' not supported.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class="">Supported drivers:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>accent</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>alsa_usb</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>asusdh</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>atilibusb</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>atwf83</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>audio_alsa</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>awlibusb</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bte</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bw6130</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>commandir</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>creative</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>creative_infracd</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>default</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>devinput</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>dfclibusb</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>dsp</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>dvico</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ea65</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ftdi</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>i2cuser</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>irlink</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>irman</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>livedrive_midi</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>livedrive_seq</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>logitech</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>macmini</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mp3anywhere</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mplay</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mplay2</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mouseremote</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mouseremote_ps2</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>null</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pcmak</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pinsys</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pixelview</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>samsung</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>sb0540</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>silitek</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>srm7500libusb</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>tira</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>tira_raw</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>udp</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>uirt2</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>uirt2_raw</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>usb_uirt_raw</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco; background-color: rgb(255, 253, 228);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>usbx</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I would think this is a pretty common set-up, but I’m not finding any real insights online for getting this to work. I’d appreciate any insights.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/JEP</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>