[mythtv-users] Symlink question

[Shay - MythTV]

I've got a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 video capture card.  Any ideas what I 
would set it to for that?

At 11:36 AM 9/18/2003, you wrote:
>The command:
>
>rm /dev/lirc
>mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0
>
>will create a link to device 61,0.  I haven't been following your situation
>but this will work only if you have a serial receiver, and your serial port
>is located at 61,0
>
>Paul
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shay - MythTV [mailto:mythtv at highstyleweb.com]
>Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:26 AM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Symlink question
>
>
>
>Now remember, I'm learning, be gentle.. :)
>
>I've found some old posts that refer to the problem that I am seeing.  They
>mention that their lirc symlink was bad.
>
>"I discovered mine was a symlink to serial port instead of a character
>device 61,0"
>-Max
>
>I know how to create a symlink to another folder, but how do I create one
>to a character device?  Or how to I check to see if it is already?
>
>I did:
>c---------    1 root     root      61,   0 Sep  9 10:44 /dev/lirc
>srw-rw-rw-    1 root     root            0 Sep 18 11:02 /dev/lircd
>
>Doesn't the 'c' mean its a character device symlink?  I notice I don't have
>lircm, should I?
>
>Thanks for the help all.. can't wait to finally get this up and running..
>
>-Shay
>
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