[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox as FE

[Robert Anderson]

On 10/19/05, Vladan Bato <vbato at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Tom Lichti wrote:
> > My DVD remote works just fine with Rob's torrent. I have a genuine
> > Microsoft one, is yours an aftermarket one?
>
> Yes, mine is an aftermarket one. I bought it because it costs half the
> Microsoft one and looks exaclty the same.
> It worked perfectly for watching DVDs with the original Xbox firmware,
> before I did the hadrware mod and replaced the rom.
>
> What is bugging me is the error message in dmesg, which I think is a
> problem with devfs and has nothing to do with the actual remote.
>
> Here's what the "Xbox DVD receiver and LIRC Mini HOWTO" sais about that:
>
> > A common reason for this to fail is a problem with lirc and devfs that
> results in the message:
> >
> > devfs_register(lirc/0): could not append to parent, err: -17
> >
> > To resolve this, change line 321 of
> <path/to/lirc>/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c from
> >
> > sprintf (name, DEV_LIRC "/%d", ir->p.minor);
> >
> > to
> >
> > sprintf (name, DEV_LIRC "%d", ir->p.minor);
> >
> > and recompile lirc
>
> Now I am curious: is this the reason why my remote doesn't work, or is
> it because it's not the original Microsoft remote (and receiver). And in
> the latter case, how do I make it work?
>
> The same message is present in Rob's dmesg file, so I was wandering
> whether *his* remote was working. And those of you who have a working
> remote, do you have the above message in dmesg?
>
> Before tossing the remote away and looking for another one, I'd like to
> konw where the problem actually is.
>
> --
> Vladan Bato
> vbato at ieee.org
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My remote works. I am using the genuine Microsoft remote.
--
Rob Anderson
riznob at gmail.com
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