[mythtv-users] lirc problems

Myke Madsen Myke at nwtinc.com
Tue Mar 16 13:17:38 EST 2004


I'm building my box following the very useful Myth(TV)ology HOWTO, but I'm having issues with lirc.  I'm using the Hauppauge PVR-350 card and remote.  When I try to test lirc by running irw, there's an error message in /var/log/messages saying it can't open /dev/lirc.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

Here's some information on the current state of things:

lirc version
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# lircd -v
lircd 0.7.0pre1
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I installed the lirc rpms using apt-get as directed by the HOWTO but this version number doesn't seem correct.  

Kernel info:
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# uname -r
2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at
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Modules
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# modinfo lirc_dev
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/lirc/lirc_dev.o
description: "LIRC base driver module"
author:      "Artur Lipowski"
license:     "GPL"
parm:        debug int

# modinfo lirc_i2c
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/lirc/lirc_i2c.o
description: "Infrared receiver driver for Hauppauge and Pixelview cards (i2c stack)"
author:      "Gerd Knorr, Michal Kochanowicz, Christoph Bartelmus, Ulrich Mueller, Stefan Jahn"
license:     "GPL"
parm:        debug int
parm:        minor int
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Devices
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# ll /dev |grep lirc
c---------   1 root root    61,   0 Feb 21 11:18 lirc
srw-rw-rw-   1 root root          0 Mar 16 09:43 lircd
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Log: Before attempting to connect with irw:
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# cat /var/log/messages |grep lirc
Mar 16 09:43:08 looper lircd 0.7.0pre1[3950]: lircd(any) ready
Mar 16 09:43:08 looper lircd: lircd startup succeeded
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Log: After starting irw: (which just returns to the command prompt)
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# cat /var/log/messages |grep lirc
Mar 16 09:43:08 looper lircd 0.7.0pre1[3950]: lircd(any) ready
Mar 16 09:43:08 looper lircd: lircd startup succeeded
Mar 16 11:12:17 looper lircd 0.7.0pre1[3950]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Mar 16 11:12:17 looper kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
Mar 16 11:12:18 looper lircd 0.7.0pre1[3950]: could not open /dev/lirc
Mar 16 11:12:18 looper lircd 0.7.0pre1[3950]: default_init(): No such device
Mar 16 11:12:18 looper lircd 0.7.0pre1[3950]: caught signal
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Did I forget anything useful?





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