[mythtv-users] lircd don't start automatically

Greg Lake greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Sun Apr 20 21:36:43 UTC 2008


Richard Woelk wrote:
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> Claude Gélinas wrote:
>> Le Sunday 20 April 2008 07:19:46, vous avez écrit :
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>>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Claude Gélinas <claude at phyto.qc.ca> wrote:
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>>>> After a complete reinstall and upgrade to FC8 everything is fine except
>>>> lircd which do not start after reboot.
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>>> Are you saying it works when you install it but then doesn't work
>>> again after rebooting? If so, in my experience thats always come down
>>> to one of 2 things: a module not being loaded or an entry under /dev
>>> not being recreated.
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>> Effectively I have to load manually the module lirc_i2c then start lircd.
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>> How can I have it load automatically. The /etc/modprobe.conf have an entry for 
>> lirc_i2c
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>> # lirc
>> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
>> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c
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>> I've set /sbin/chkconfig lircd on
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>> What else ?
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> I can't seem to get this working with Fedora 8 either, so I have added 
> these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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> /sbin/modprobe lirc_serial
> /sbin/service lircd start
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> I use a DIY serial module, so replace with lirc_i2c if you use the 
> Hauppauge remote receiver.
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>  -Richard
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Did you follow the Jarod Wilson guide? This is the guide i have followed 
for a few years. Give it a try..There is a section for lirc,that covers 
many different setups..
Good Luck

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php


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