[mythtv-users] Re: native lirc support fails- "connection refused"

[Axel Thimm]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:20:24PM -0400, Dana Hata wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 17:20 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: 
> > On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 09:55:05AM -0400, Dana Hata wrote:
> > > mythtv version: 0.16 (compiled with native lirc support)
> > > lirc version: lirc-0.7.0pre8
> > > 
> > > Context: 
> > > 
> > > I installed the lirc driver, and lircd is running, and if I use irw, I
> > > can see each button I press.
> > > 
> > > Problem:  
> > > 
> > > When I run mythfrontend, the remote doesn't work.  I see this in the
> > > console->
> > > 
> > > mythtv: could not connect to socket
> > > mythtv: Connection refused
> > > lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I've got no idea why mythfrontend would not be able to to access lirc.
> > > 
> > > Here's a side note- it seems myth tries to access /dev/lircd, because
> > > initially, the lirc driver only created a /dev/lirc0, and mythfrontend
> > > would throw the same error as above, except saying "file not found"
> > > instead of "connection refused".  After I added a symbolic link
> > > (/dev/lircd) to point to /dev/lirc0, I started getting my current error.
> > > 
> > > Anyone have any idea?
> > 
> > Could you try downgrading to 0.7.0pre7? I had two reports that pre8
> > broke lirc setups, while pre7 was doing fine.
> 
> Ok, I downloaded, compiled, and installed pre7, and when I modprobe
> lirc_i2c I get the following in my /dev -->
> 
> crw-r--r--  1 root root 61, 0 Oct 15 12:12 /dev/lirc
> prw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Oct 15 12:13 /dev/lircd|
> prw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Oct 15 12:13 /dev/lircm|

That sounds like you have udev or devfs. Are you sure these came up
with the modprobe? What distribution/kernel is this?

> I run lircd, and then irw, and it seems to respond correctly to remote
> control buttons.
> 
> When I run mythfrontend (as a user), I get -->
> 
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: Permission denied
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 
> OK, no permission?  So I run mythfrontend as root -->
> 
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: Connection refused
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 
> 
> Same old "connection refused" error!

Sorry, thought I had a clue. If you are using udev/devfs, then check
with the lirc list, support for them is quite new.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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