[mythtv-users] The same ol' LIRC problems... no irw response

[Nick Morrott]

On 27 February 2011 17:19, Nasa <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> However, if I run:
>>
>> sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start
>>
>> it says:
>> * Loading LIRC modules
>> * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC
>>
>> Then I can run:
>>
>> irexec &
>>
>> But, then if I run:
>>
>> irw
>>
>> ... and press any button on the remote, I get no output whatsoever.
>>
>> Where might I be going wrong?
>>
>> Any advice would be much appreciated.
> Hi,
>
> I believe you have to have lird stopped when you attempt to test with irw...

lircd needs to be running when using irw, as the lircd socket needs to
exist for irw to connect to. However, you don't want lircd running
when using irrecord to generate a new remote config, as this talks to
the lirc device instead.

Cheers,
Nick

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