[mythtv-users] Blasting to STB,using a MCEUSB

[Dave Pearson (Lists)]

> On 5 Oct 2018, at 18:22, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 16:59:46 +0100, you wrote:
>> 
>> I’m so close it hurts! 
>> 
>> Ok, so my ~/.lirc/mythtv file looks like this:
>> 
>> begin
>>    remote = devinput-32
>>    prog = mythtv
>>    button = left
>>    config = left
>> end 
>> 
>> Etc.
>> 
>> My ~/.lircrc file looks like this:
>> 
>> include ~/.lirc/mythtv
>> 
>> And I can see the key presses in irw
>> 
>> I’ve restarted my front end and it’s still not working - there’s got to be something else, obvious, that I’m just not spotting - any ideas?
>> 
>> (Just noticed, this thread is actually about controlling a set top box, not controlling the frontend, sorry about hijacking it - this should have stayed in the other thread)
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Dave
> 
> Shut down mythfrontend and try "ircat mythtv" from a command prompt
> with the same user as mythfrontend is run from.  Does that show any
> input from the remote?
> 
> Also, I have just done the 16.04 to 18.04.1 upgrade on my main MythTV
> box, and for some reason the lirc update did not install the new
> /etc/lirc/lircd.conf file.  Check if that happened to you.  It should
> look like this:
> 
> # Populated config files can be found at http://sf.net/p/lirc-remotes.
> The
> # irdb-get(1) and lirc-setup(1) tools can be used to search and
> download
> # config files.
> #
> # From 0.9.2 config files could just be dropped as-is in the
> lircd.conf.d
> # directory and be included by this file.
> 
> include "lircd.conf.d/*.conf"
> 
> 
> If it does not, then you need to do this from a root prompt:
> 
> cd /etc/lirc
> cp -a lircd.conf.dist lircd.conf
> 
> If you want to keep the old lircd.conf, rename it first:
> 
> mv lircd.conf lircd.conf.16.04
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Hi Stephen,

ircat mythtv doesn’t show any input from the remote

I do have a lircd.conf file in /etc/lirc

Regards,
Dave