[mythtv-users] lirc is not lircing

Jon Reynolds jonr at destar.net
Mon Oct 18 23:44:30 UTC 2004


Hello,

I am trying to get lirc to work when myth starts. I have followed Jarods howto
like everybody else. :)

PVR-250
athlon 1800+
256MB RAM
myth 0.16
FC2

Here is what I have to do to get this thing to work:

Boot automagically into mythtv, when myth starts I have no lirc so I have to
depmod -a > modprobe lirc_i2c > service lircd start.

Then I have to use my keyboard to exit out of myth then restart it using the
menu under System and Sound > mythtvfrontend.

After that lirc works fine. Not quite what I want to do everytime I have to
restart this box.

I understand the part where I have to exit out of myth and restart it as being a
problem with focus of the mouse. I have made tha changes as Jarod suggested and
still no love.

Why this thing doesn't start lirc or insert the module at boot time is one of
lifes little mysteries I guess.

Here is my modprob.conf file:

alias eth0 8139too
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
install snd-ens1371 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ens1371 &&
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-ens1371 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ens1371
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
# lirc modules setup
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c
# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6111

Here is the output of lsmod after I have inserted the lirc_i2c module manually:

Module                  Size  Used by
bttv                  141837  0
video_buf              17540  1 bttv
v4l2_common             5376  1 bttv
btcx_risc               3785  1 bttv
lirc_i2c                7172  1
udf                    79429  0
lirc_dev               10636  1 lirc_i2c
snd_ens1371            24869  0
snd_rawmidi            21733  1 snd_ens1371
snd_seq_device          6473  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm                83529  1 snd_ens1371
snd_page_alloc          8393  1 snd_pcm
snd_timer              25413  1 snd_pcm
snd_ac97_codec         58821  1 snd_ens1371
gameport                4033  1 snd_ens1371
snd                    45477  6
snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec
soundcore               7713  1 snd
parport_pc             21249  1
lp                      9133  0
parport                35977  2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4                20677  0
sunrpc                141861  1
8139too                22465  0
mii                     3777  1 8139too
floppy                 54001  0
sg                     28513  0
scsi_mod              105360  1 sg
dm_mod                 47317  0
uhci_hcd               28505  0
ehci_hcd               27973  0
button                  4825  0
battery                 7117  0
asus_acpi               9177  0
ac                      3533  0
msp3400                22036  0
saa7115                10628  0
tuner                  17944  0
tveeprom               10400  0
ivtv                  802596  2
i2c_algo_bit            7497  2 bttv,ivtv
i2c_core               17345  7
bttv,lirc_i2c,msp3400,saa7115,tuner,tveeprom,i2c_algo_bit
videodev                7105  2 bttv,ivtv
nvidia               4808532  8
md5                     3905  1
ipv6                  217349  16
ext3                   96937  2
jbd                    66521  1 ext3

I believe if I can get the lirc module to get inserted I could put the service
start command in rc.local and that would fix it.

I will wait till I solve this problem to figure out the focus problem.

Thanks for any help,

Jon





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