[mythtv-users] LIRC problem: hardware does not support sending

[Alec Leamas]

On 23/01/17 23:00, bigboi at wackywombats.com wrote:
>

> Alec,
>
> I have a USB device and it is transmit only. I do see the /dev/lirc0,
> but how do I see if the driver is 'default' and the device is
> '/dev/lirc0'?

Well, if the /dev/lirc0 really corresponds to your USB plug (i. e., it 
disappears if you unplug it) that's basically it. You should use 
/dev/lirc0, and practically this also means using the default driver.

If you post the dmesg output when plugging in your device we could say 
more on this. The output from 'journalctl -b0 /usr/sbin/lircd' after 
starting  lircd.service might also be useful.

>I'm assuming this info should be in a config file somewhere?

/etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf.

> A little more info: I saved my lircd.conf and lircmd.conf files from my
> old install so could something in one of those .(or the hardware.conf
 > file) be causing the problem?

Not likely at this level. However, if your sending succeeds but seems 
"bad" i. e., the devices you send codes to doesn't seem to react as they 
should, then lircd.conf is one possible reason.

lircmd.conf is only used by the lircmd service; I assume you are not 
running that(?)

hardware.conf has never, ever been used on Fedora. Why is that one 
lurking around here?


Cheers!

--alec