[mythtv-users] Re: Lirc - could not open /dev/lirc

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thursday 28 October 2004 10:41, nate s wrote:
> modules.conf vs modprobe.conf depends on the distro.

I know that.

> Gentoo uses modules.conf.

I know that too.

> they do pretty much the same thing 

And I also know that.

I was pointing out that Johnny's advice was mostly useless, because he didn't 
read very carefully, as the OP stated he had the lirc line already in 
his /etc/modprobe.conf file.


> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:39:54 -0700, Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I have no suggestions for the OP, short of backing off to
> > lircd-0.7.0pre7, since lots of folks seem to have had problems with pre8,
> > but I would certainly like to clear a few things up here...
> >
> > On Tuesday 26 October 2004 23:16, johnny at fishcounts.com wrote:
> > > Make sure in your /etc/modules.conf you have a line that says something
> > > like this
> > >
> > > alias char-major-61 lirc_xxxx
> >
> > Er, Johnny, look at the stuff you quoted. He already has that in his
> > module config file, which by the way, is not /etc/modules.conf,
> > its /etc/modprobe.conf.
> >
> > > It can be whichever lirc module you use... Here are the ones to choose
> > > from
> > >
> > > lirc_atiusb.o
> > > lirc_bt829.o
> > > lirc_dev.o
> > > lirc_gpio.o
> > > lirc_i2c.o
> > > lirc_it87.o
> > > lirc_mceusb.o
> > > lirc_serial.o
> > > lirc_sir.o
> >
> > This isn't quite correct. The .o part should be left off. And by the way,
> > the modules are .ko w/2.6 kernels, which his distribution uses.
> >
> > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:16:38 -0700, johnny at fishcounts.com
> > >
> > > > Chkconfig --level 35 lircd on
> >
> > 'chkconfig lircd on' is sufficient. The default is --level 345, so
> > there's no need to include the level flag.
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:  Brian Donaldson
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > Thanks for the help so far.  I did try the chkconfig command, but it
> > > > still does not work.  I think it was "/sbin/chkconfig lircd on". 
> > > > Here is my current /etc/modprobe.conf file.  What additional lines
> > > > would you suggest I add?
> > > >
> > > > [mythtv at localhost mythtv]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c

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jcw at wilsonet.com

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