[mythtv-users] lirc confusion

[Nick Morrott]

On 21 August 2010 19:20, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
> On 21/08/2010 18:15, Nick Morrott wrote:

>> Note that you don't need to create multiple copies of lircrc - just
>> use a single ~/.lircrc file for each user and the LIRC tools and
>> MythTV will be happy. This help to cut down the potential for
>> confusion when tracking down LIRC issues, and makes for a simpler
>> setup overall.
>
> Ok, I deleted both ~/.mythtv/lircrc and ~/.lircrc, then recreated ~/lircrc
> (this time making sure that all the buttons were in uppercase.
> Still irw give me output, ircat mythtv gives me nothing, and
> mythfrontend does not respond. :-(

The per-user lircrc file needs to be called "~/.lircrc" (note the
leading period - this is a dot file).

Have you restarted lircd since making the changes to your
/etc/lircd.conf and .lircrc files?

Nick

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