[mythtv-users] lirc not working

[Brian Wood]

On Apr 4, 2006, at 9:39 PM, Josh Sharpe wrote:

> I'm at my wits end here figuring this out.  LIRC refuses to work  
> inside mythfrontend.  Right now irw works, so i'm rulling out the  
> possibility that this is a lirc issue.  irexec + ~/.lircrc works  
> too (I use that to start mfe)  However, once inside mfe I get no  
> remote activity at all.  Here is my ~/.mythtv/lircrc file, it's  
> short now because i'm troubleshooting it:
>
> #left
> begin
> prog = mythtv
> button = left
> config = Left
> end
>
> #Down
> begin
> prog = mythtv
> button = down
> config = Down
> end
>
> #Up
> begin
> prog = mythtv
> button = up
> config = Up
> end
>
> #Right
> begin
> prog = mythtv
> button = right
> config = Right
> end
>
>
> Yes, the button values match what is in /etc/lircd.conf -- and they  
> match irw output.
> I compiled mythtv myself and yes mythfrontend --version says 'using  
> lirc.'
> mythtv - 0.19
> lircd - 0.8.0
> ubuntu 5.10
>
>

Any possibility your lircrc file was processed by a DOS/WIN system?  
We wouldn't be able to tell from your post of it, but the formatting  
would be unacceptable to myth.