[mythtv-users] lircd quit working

Viitasaari public at viitasaari.ca
Mon Nov 13 15:16:13 UTC 2006


Mine looks something like this right out of the box:
[mythtv at pjv-lin-3 sysconfig]$ ls -l /dev/lirc*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     5 Nov 11 00:58 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
crw------- 1 root root 61, 0 Nov 11 00:58 /dev/lirc0
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root     0 Nov 11 00:58 /dev/lircd

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 07:44 -0600, Lord Darkhelmet wrote:
> Thanks for the help, its working now.   I still had the previous kernel 
> installed along with the old lirc kernel modules, once they were removed 
> and rebooted everything worked.  Still no idea why it quit to begin 
> with,  I didn't start messing with anything until after it freaked.  
> This go around I had to create a link from /dev/lirc to /dev/lirc0 which 
> is odd becuase when it was initially set-up the link was not needed.
> 
> Dean.
> 
> 
> Nick Morrott wrote:
> > On 12/11/06, Lord Darkhelmet <lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
> >   
> >> I had lircd working just fine under fedora 5 using a PVR-150 card and
> >> remote.  Not sure what happened but the remote quit working.  After
> >> restarting the lircd I tried irw to see if it was receiving.  I just
> >> dropped me to a command prompt.  checking the /var/log/messages file I
> >> find this:
> >>
> >> Nov 12 13:29:41 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[8408]: caught signal
> >> Nov 12 13:29:47 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: lircd(userspace) ready
> >> Nov 12 13:29:50 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Nov 12 13:29:50 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Nov 12 13:30:15 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: removed client
> >> Nov 12 13:34:25 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Nov 12 13:34:47 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: removed client
> >> Nov 12 13:34:58 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Nov 12 13:35:13 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: removed client
> >> Nov 12 13:41:37 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25102]: caught signal
> >> Nov 12 13:41:41 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25213]: lircd(userspace) ready
> >> Nov 12 13:41:43 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25213]: accepted new client on
> >> /dev/lircd
> >> Nov 12 13:41:43 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25213]: could not get file
> >> information for /dev/lirc
> >> Nov 12 13:41:43 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25213]: default_init(): No such
> >> file or directory
> >> Nov 12 13:41:43 mythbox lircd-0.8.1-CVS[25213]: caught signal
> >>
> >>
> >> In my /dev I have a device called lircd not lirc.   I tried creating a
> >> symlink from lirc to lircd.  This allowed irw to run with out crashing
> >>     
> >
> > You don't want to do this.
> >
> >   
> >> lircd but it still didn't echo any codes received from the remote.   I
> >> re-installed ivtv and lirc through yum,  same results.   Then tried
> >> updating the kernel, ivtv and lirc kernel modules,  same results.   Any
> >> idea what happened and how to fix?   Using a digital camera I can see
> >>     
> >
> > A missing /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0 normally means your LIRC kernel
> > modules are not loaded, or failed to load. The /dev/lircd device is
> > created when lircd is running.
> >
> > It seems Fedora users often (always?) have to create a symlink between
> > /dev/lirc and /dev/lirc0 to cater for programs that expect one or the
> > other. This can be done manually, or in the udev rule that creates the
> > LIRC devices. Is /dev/lircd the only LIRC device you have?
> >
> > $ ls -l /dev/lirc*
> >
> > Also, if you are running lircd as a service, check to make sure it is
> > using the appropriate driver (seems to be if the Tx is working) and
> > device.
> >
> >   
> >> the remote transmitting but I have no idea how to test the IR receiver.
> >>     
> >
> > In this case check your LIRC log output when the PVR-150 (lirc_i2c)
> > modules are loaded to make sure it is picking up both receiver and
> > transmitter.
> >
> > Nick
> >   
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