[mythtv-users] Zapway and LIRC Issue

[Ben Curtis]

Thanks for the help.  That was it, so far.  I apparently had a /dev/lirc
sticking around from an apt-get install that used to work with that
symlink for some reason.  Removing it and then rerunning make install
installed a good one.  Now irw connects, but I get no response from any
remote I try with the Zapway receiver.

The log shows:
Feb 27 20:51:49 tvserver lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Feb 27 20:52:46 tvserver lircd: removed client

(removed client) comes after I exit irw.  Irrecord and mode2 don't see it
either.  I've tried an RCA universal DirecTV remote, a Sony DVD remote,
and a JVC vcr remote.  None of them show any results.

Ben

>> I've got /dev/lirc pointing to /dev/ttyS0. Whenever I start irw, I get:
Feb 25 18:46:59 tvserver lircd: lircd(serial) ready
>> Feb 25 18:47:01 tvserver lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Feb
25 18:47:01 tvserver lircd: could not get hardware features Feb 25
18:47:01 tvserver lircd: this device driver does not support the new
LIRC interface
>> Feb 25 18:47:01 tvserver lircd: major number of /dev/lirc is 4
>> Feb 25 18:47:01 tvserver lircd: LIRC major number is 61
>> Feb 25 18:47:01 tvserver lircd: check if /dev/lirc is a LIRC device Feb
25 18:47:01 tvserver lircd: caught signal
>Your /dev/lirc device is not setup correctly. I needs a major number of
61 as the message states. The output of my /dev/lirc* is:
>[mythtv at pvr mythtv]$ ll /dev/lirc*
>crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61, 0 May 20 2005 /dev/lirc
>srwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 0 Jan 17 22:51 /dev/lircd
>prwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 0 Feb 6 00:58 /dev/lircm
>>I did notice when compiling LIRC, I got this:
>> : #warning "******************************************"
>> /files/Software/lircd/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c:68:2:
warning: #warning " Your serial port driver is compiled into "
>> /files/Software/lircd/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c:69:2:
warning: #warning " the kernel. You will have to release the "
>> /files/Software/lircd/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c:70:2:
warning: #warning " port you want to use for LIRC with: "
>> /files/Software/lircd/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c:71:2:
warning: #warning " setserial /dev/ttySx uart none "
>> /files/Software/lircd/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c:72:2:
warning: #warning "******************************************"
>> Which is why I was using the setserial command (which incedently I
didn't
>> need for the logitech, but DID need in my redhat 9 install).
>You'll need the setserial command to release the serial port as you know.
The lircd startup script can be a bit finicky, so I've run the LIRC
related commands from rc.local:
>/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
>/sbin/modprobe lirc_serial
>sleep 2
>/usr/local/sbin/lircd
>/usr/local/sbin/lircmd
>My modprobe.conf wrt LIRC is:
># LIRC
>alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
>options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
>This has always worked for me (both on FC2 and FC4, adjusting modprobe to
match serial port settings) so perhaps it will help you out.
>First thing though is to correctly create the /dev/lirc node (you can use
mknod for this, however the LIRC package provides a script that should do
this so I'm not sure why you have ended up with /dev/lirc created
incorrectly.)
>Nick





Ben