[mythtv-users] LIRC and IR receiver from irblaster.info

[Steve Wilson]

--- Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Nick Morrott wrote:
> > On 29/03/2008, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >   
> >> I have an IR receiver from irblaster.info that I
> had working on my old
> >>  FC6/0.20.2 installation.  However, since I
> rebuilt my box to Fedora 8
> >>  x86_64 and Myth 0.21, I can't seem to figure out
> how to configure LIRC
> >>  for it.  I saved off my lircd.conf and lircrc
> files from my initial
> >>  installation and put them back where they
> belong, but when I start the
> >>  lircd service, it fails almost immediately
> saying (in /var/log/messages)
> >>  "could not get file information for /dev/lirc",
> then "default_init(): No
> >>  such file or directory".
> >>     
> >
> > This error is frequently caused by 2 issues:
> >
> > i) not having the LIRC modules (lirc_serial and
> lirc_dev in your case)
> > loaded/installed before starting lircd, in which
> case
> >
> > # modprobe lirc_serial
> >   
> OK, when I do this, I get: "FATAL: Error inserting
> lirc_serial 
>
(/lib/modules/2.6.24.3-34.fc8/updates/drivers/lirc/lirc_serial.ko):
> 
> Device or resource busy"  Also, I have the following
> lirc modules 
> installed on my system (via rpm -qa | grep lirc):
> 
> lirc-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8-0.8.3-74_cvs20080314.fc8
> lirc-0.8.3-74_cvs20080314.fc8
> lirc-devices-0.8-4.fc8
> lirc-lib-0.8.3-74_cvs20080314.fc8
> 
> > should sort this out, if the loadable modules are
> installed. You
> > should also make sure you have either in-kernel
> support for these LIRC
> > devices (if using a very recent kernel) or the
> correct LIRC kernel
> > modules installed on your system.
> >
> > ii) your installation has created /dev/lirc0 but
> not /dev/lirc
> >
> > Some software looks specifically for /dev/lirc
> instead of /dev/lirc0.
> > Other software (like lircd) can be given the
> correct device to use as
> > a startup parameter. The naming of these LIRC
> devices (/dev/lirc is
> > usually created as a symlink to the 'real' device
> /dev/lirc0) is
> > commonly controlled via a udev rule for LIRC.
> >
> >   
> The only device that I have under /dev is
> /dev/lircd, so based on what 
> you're saying, this isn't correct, right?  How can I
> make the device 
> correct?
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> Harry
> 
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Are you setting the serial port to Uart none in your
modprobe.conf? If you don't do this, the device will
come up as busy.

Look at this link for help.

http://www.htpcug.com/blaster.htm


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