[mythtv-users] Fw: LIRC is killing me!!!

[James Armstrong]

J. Scott wrote:
> Bingo, Todd- Thanks a million! 
>   
> Here are the steps I took, for the benefit of others... 
>   
> 1. I removed all of the lirc references from my modprobe.conf file 
> 2. I edited one line in /etc/init.d/lircd (approximately the 10th line) 
>   
> I replaced the line: 
>    daemon lircd $LIRCD_OPTIONS 
>   
> With: 
>    daemon lircd --driver=mp3anywhere --device=/dev/ttyS0 
>   
> Everything works perfectly now. 
>   
> This was a real doozie. I spent several days trying to figure this one out. Jarod's guide is pretty confusing on this point. It reads to me that any device plugged into the serial port needs to have lirc_serial in the modprobe.conf file. This is absolutely not true. 
>   
> That said, Jarod's guide is a life saver! 
>   
> -----Original Message from Todd Bowman <tbowman75 at yahoo.com>-----
>   
> J. Scott wrote: 
> 
> 
>> I am pulling my hair out over lirc! This is my third mythTV install- 
>>you'd think I'd have it down by now, but for some reason I can't get 
>>it working. I've googled everything I can think of, but couldn't find 
>>my answer. 

I had the same type of problem. I had to remove lirc_atiusb and lirc_dev 
from my modprobe.conf and also add them to the hot_plug's blacklist. The 
kernel was grabbing the devices and lirc daemon would die because it 
could not access them.

- James