[mythtv-users] Lirc Serial

[Shane Hetzel]

Is this the type of cable that plugs into your motherboard's IrDA port? Just
a IR receiver or transceiver and a couple of discrete components?

If so, you need to make sure you turn on the IrDA port in your BIOS, and
make sure that your kernel has modular support for IR devices before you
compile lirc.  Finally, and this is important, I don't think you want to
select the lirc_serial driver, I think you need the lirc_sir driver for this
type of device.


I feel your pain. I just got mine working two days ago on a Gentoo machine
and I agree with you. There is a lack of good guidance out there for getting
lirc up and running. The official installation give you a general idea of
what to do, but it doesn't help you make the myriad of decisions you will
face when doing this.


On final question: Does debian use devfs to configure it's /dev file system?
If so, you'll need to install lirc 0.7.0_pre2, which includes support for
devfs. That was the killer for my Gentoo system. Once I did that, it all ran
fine.

Good Luck,
-Shane


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete's MythTV" <myth at scantech.no-ip.com>
To: "MythTV User List" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:57 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Lirc Serial


> Has anyone out there got lirc working with a generic homebrew type
receiver
> on debian ?
> I'm using a Win TV Go card, so there is no built-in remote.
> I'm having real problems getting it working.  I've tried following all the
> guides, docs, google searches, etc.
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> Obviously I need to follow the Lirc setup:
> ./setup.sh
> make
> make install
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> Do I need to re-compile the debian kernel ?  (What's the easiest method ?)
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> If so, is this before or after compiling lirc ?
>
> I'm a bit of a Linux newbie, so any help is really appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
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