[mythtv-users] LIRC in Mythbuntu 9.04

[Harry Devine]

Harry Devine wrote:
> I had a controller failure on my MythTV box, so I ordered a new SATA 
> card and took the opportunity to upgrade to Mythbuntu 9.04.  I'm 
> trying to get LIRC working like I had in 8.10 and I'm having some 
> trouble.  I had saved off my config files and put them back under 
> /etc/lirc after using the Control Center to enable a Custom 
> transmitter (I have an IR Blaster from irblaster.info).
>
> I think that I have everything where its supposed to be, but the lirc 
> daemon won't start.  When I try to start LIRC manually, I see "Unable 
> to load LIRC kernel modules.  Verify your selected kernel modules in 
> /etc/lirc/hardware.conf".  I have REMOTE_MODULES in 
> /etc/lirc/hardware.conf set to "lirc_dev lirc_serial" and 
> REMOTE_DEVICE set to "/dev/lirc0".  I notice that I don't have a 
> /dev/lirc0, so I'm assuming that's my problem.
> What should I do to get the IR receiver to be seen under /dev to get 
> my remote working?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry
>
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I got this working.  I had the 
kernel modules loading properly, but the remote still wasn't working via 
irw.  I had to create a new ~/.lirc/mythtv file (I hadn't saved my 
original), yet it still wasn't working.  I noticed an error in 
/var/log/syslog that said "invalid quoting" when it was trying to load 
/etc/lircd.conf.  After some Googling around, I found a thread on 
ubutuforums that said the the include line in /etc/lircd.conf needed to 
have double-quotes around the file name, so it had to be include 
"/usr/share/lirc/remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge".

After I did this and restarted lirc, everything worked.  I figured I'd 
post this in case anyone else has a similar issue.

Harry