[mythtv-users] OT - irexec not executing commands

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Sun Apr 29 17:20:33 UTC 2007


On Apr 29, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Bill Omer wrote:

> I'm using lirc 0.8.1 and for some reason I can't get irexec commands
> to work.  I'm using this:
>
> begin
> prog = irexec
> button = POWER
> config = /home/bomer/restartmyth &
> end
>
> I have irexec running, but the script never gets executed.  All the
> script has now is an echo statement to write something to a tmp file,
> just to see if its getting executed.  I have given the script execute
> permissions and it of course works when you run it manually.
>
> Does anybody have any idea?

Just the obvious stuff but has bitten me in the past.

Does the script work when executing from the command line as the same  
use that runs the frontend?
Are you relaunching the frontend after making the changes to lircrc?
Does irw report the button you're pressing as POWER?


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