[mythtv-users] lircd.conf

[dave sailer]

Nick wrote:

>On 13/11/05, Marty Ravell <mythtv at rave-tech.com.au> wrote:
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>>I have 0.7.2 of lircd installed and one of the older (grey and black,
>>coloured buttons around the central cursor) remote.
>>
>>This rig did work before I updated so I think that the hardware is OK. I've
>>tried using irrecord and this does seem to work after a fashion but I cannot
>>get all of the buttons to work this way.
>>
>>Would someone who has this combination working with Myth mind posting their
>>lircd.conf file?
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>Quite worrying if this config is not working - are you sure LIRC is
>actually working properly and creating the correct /dev devices? If
>you are starting LIRC as a service, try
>
># service lircd status
>
>and see what it reports (I've had instances where LIRC was hanging
>(LIRC dead, subsystem locked message). The Hauppauge remotes use the
>RC5 control code set, so you should be able to use irrecord specifying
>the RC5 config file available from lirc.org.
>
>Finally, what type of receiver are you using (PVR or serial Rx) and
>what output does irw give?
>
>I no longer use this remote (but do have the PVR-350), and don't have
>the old config to hand, but I remember the lirc.org config was fine
>for me (using lirc 0.7.0 a year ago).
>
>Nick
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also try
mode2 -d /dev/lirc/0
or
mode2 -d /dev/lirc0

(or wherever your char device file is created)

I believe this just dumps whatever raw data flows into that device from 
your remote.