[mythtv-users] Myth .16 running great on FC2... one more problem...LIRC

[Jon Kunze]

Anyone have any idea on this? I haven't seen any replies sinnce my
last note. If anyone can help it would be appreciated, as I've yet to
get lirc working with Myth.


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:08:22 -0400, Jon Kunze <jon99ut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I changed my  modprobe.conf to read like this:
> 
> alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
> options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none; /sbin/modprobe --ignor$
> alias eth0 forcedeth
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/$
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/m$
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6111
> #ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
> install ivtv /sbin/modprobe msp3400 saa7115 tuner v4l1-compat; /sbin/modprobe -$
> install lirc_serial /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe -ignore-install lirc_se$
> options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=2,2
> options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
> 
> As you can see I added the line you told me to near the top of the
> file. There is another line near the bottom referring to lirc_serial
> as well. Should I remove that line?
> 
> After rebooting I started lircd again and then tried irw with the same
> results as before.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:16:30 -0700, Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 20 September 2004 20:40, Jon Kunze wrote:
> > > Ok, when I run this:/sbin/service lircd status
> > >
> > > I get this: lircd dead but subsys locked
> > >
> > > When I try to run irw it just goes straight back to the prompt. No
> > > delay or output.
> > >
> > > And I see the following relavent lines in /var/log/messages from a
> > > recent reboot:
> > >
> > > Sep 20 23:10:36 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre7[2572]: lircd(any) ready
> > > Sep 20 23:10:36 localhost lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> > > Sep 20 23:11:02 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre7[2572]: could not open /dev/lirc
> > > Sep 20 23:11:02 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre7[2572]: default_init(): No such
> > > device Sep 20 23:11:02 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre7[2572]: caught signal
> > >
> > > Do those last lines mean that I have the device defined wrong in my
> > > modprobe.conf?
> >
> > Quite possibly. But I can't recall what you have in modprobe.conf.
> >
> > > I'm using a homebrew adapter made from plans on the
> > > internet. It's a serial interface running COM1. I know the receiver
> > > works because I had it working under FC1. Thanks for any input
> > > returned.
> >
> > Someone else using FC2 and a homebrew sent me this snippet just today:
> >
> > If you think it might help others, here is some tips on using a homebuild IR
> > serial receiver.
> > I used the instructions from http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/.
> > I had to add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf to get
> > lirc_serial to work (I suspect Kudzu is causing /dev/ttySx to look like it's
> > in use so lirc_serial does not load):
> > alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
> > # For COM1 use:
> > #options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> > # For COM2 use:
> > options lirc_serial irq=3 io=0x2f8
> > install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none ; /sbin/modprobe
> > --ignore-install lirc_serial
> >
> > (Thank you to Chris van der Merwe for that).
> >
> > So Jon, try this in modprobe.conf:
> >
> > alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
> > options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> > install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none; /sbin/modprobe
> > --ignore-install lirc_serial
> >
> > That should be three lines, the 3rd one wrapped in my mail client.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
> > jcw at wilsonet.com
> >
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