[mythtv-users] Remote is a no go.

Erik edg72 at home.nl
Sat Dec 11 16:16:53 UTC 2004


Hi,

Please check which device the lirc kernel modules create. On my Gentoo box 
(Kernel 2.6.9) this is /dev/lirc/0 and thus the lircd should be started with 
-d /dev/lirc/0 and not /dev/lirc.

Regards,

Erik


On Saturday 11 December 2004 09:02, Richard C. Isaacson wrote:
> I had this issue earlier. It is strange and frustrating.
> Though I found that I was getting bit errors over my PVR-250 into the
> backend. For about 6 hours I used my keyboard. Then I checked the output
> for the backend and found that the errors went away and I could then
> bounce the lircd stuff and it worked. Not sure what "magic" happened at
> all.
>
> -rich
>
> Jordack wrote:
> >I’m lost, just cannot figure this out.  Lirc will not
> >function properly.  I cannot even get irw to load to
> >give me some output.  Here are the details
> >
> >I had an issue with ivtv not loading, like many
> >people.  So I “echo "/sbin/modprobe ivtv" >>
> >/etc/rc.d/rc.local”
> >
> >I don’t have this hooked up to a video source yet. Its
> >just for a front end, would really like the remote to
> >work.  It will connect and play recordings from the
> >backend.
> >
> >Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks Jordack
> >
> >Hardware:
> >PVR-250 – Newest Grey remote
> >
> >----modprobe.conf
> >alias eth0 forcedeth
> >alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> >alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> >options snd-card-0 index=0
> ># ivtv modules setup
> >alias char-major-81 videodev
> >alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> >install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
> >snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null
> >2>&1 || :
> >remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store
> >
> >>/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r
> >
> >--ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> >alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> >alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
> ># nvidia kernel module
> >alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6629
> >install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe
> >--ignore-install lirc_i2c
> >
> >
> >---- /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules
> >KERNEL="lirc[0-9]*",    NAME="lirc/%n"
> >KERNEL="lirc0",        SYMLINK="lirc"
> >
> >----messages
> >Dec 10 23:38:12 dagoshey lircd: lircd startup
> >succeeded
> >Dec 10 23:38:17 dagoshey lircd 0.7.0[3444]: accepted
> >new client on /dev/lircd
> >Dec 10 23:38:17 dagoshey lircd 0.7.0[3444]: could not
> >open /dev/lirc
> >Dec 10 23:38:17 dagoshey lircd 0.7.0[3444]:
> >default_init(): Is a directory
> >Dec 10 23:38:17 dagoshey lircd 0.7.0[3444]: caught
> >signal
> >
> >
> >
> >
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