[mythtv-users] Lircd runs -> irw: no signal

Ryszard ryszard99 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 5 07:50:03 UTC 2005


do an strace on the lirc daemon.  if you see the events being captured
there, and not with irw, then more than likely youre using the wrong
config file for your hardware.

On Apr 5, 2005 1:25 AM, myth at undergroundcandy.com
<myth at undergroundcandy.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> irw starts but nothing happens when I push my remote's button. (I have the
> Pinnacle PCTV STEREO remote & receiver)
> 
> I've installed lirc-kmdl and lirc with apt. Lircd starts. lsmod says that
> lirc_serial and lirc_dev are loaded.
> 
> This is how my modprobe file looks like:
> options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none ;\
>     /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_serial
> 
> My lircd.conf was taken from here:
> http://yves.gablin.club.fr/pc/linux.php?article=config/pctvstereo
> 
> My /var/log/messages says "lircd 0.7.0[5901]: accepted new client on
> /dev/lircd", alsa when staring mythfrontend. I tried editing the
> /etc/init.d/lircd file and replacing "daemon lircd $LIRCD_OPTIONS" with
> "daemon LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver=mp3anywhere --device=/dev/ttyS0"". Then
> this happens:
> 
> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5900]: could not open config file
> 'LIRCD_OPTIONS=--driver=mp3anywhere'
> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5900]: No such file or directory
> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: lircd(any) ready
> Apr  5 01:00:06 mediabox lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: could not get hardware features
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: this device driver does not
> support the new LIRC interface
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: major number of /dev/ttyS0 is 4
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: LIRC major number is 61
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: check if /dev/ttyS0 is a LIRC
> device
> Apr  5 01:00:11 mediabox lircd 0.7.0[5901]: caught signal
> Apr  5 01:00:22 mediabox lircd: lircd shutdown failed
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
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