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

[myth at undergroundcandy.com]

Nope, nothing happens in irrecord either :\

Thanks though

> Might be a stupid question, but are you sure you have the proper
> lircrc file, and that it is in the proper place?  IRW responding is
> dependent on that file.  You can try to run irrecord and see if your
> receiver is picking up any signal at all, regardless of the lircrc
> file.
>
> On Apr 6, 2005 12:36 PM, myth at undergroundcandy.com
> <myth at undergroundcandy.com> wrote:
>> Okay, I did "ps aux | grep lircd" and got the pid.
>> Then I did "strace -p 12165", and this came up:
>> Process 12165 attached - interrupt to quit
>> select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL
>>
>> Don't know what to do from here. But I tried pressing the remote control
>> buttons (aimed at the receiver of course) but nothing happens.
>>
>> I have a feeling that the answer is in my logs, but I don't know much
>> about this subject (logs are posted below).
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> > 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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