[mythtv-users] Remote and blaster without LIRC?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 24 May 2019 16:31:35 +0200, you wrote:

>On 24/05/2019 11:42, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>
>> You need to run lirc-setup (I think it needs to be run as root) and
>> tell it to download the MCE remote config file (devinput)
>
>Nope, you cannot use devinput if your are going to blast, it's an
>input-only driver. The default driver (which has a silly name) is
>probably what you want.
>
>
>> The lirc_options.conf file is largely unchanged - just check that it
>> says "driver = devinput".
>
>As I said earlier, it's probably driver  = default. The device is then
>usually /dev/lirc0.
>
>
>> The next LIRC config file is:
>> 
>> root at mypvr:/etc/lirc# cat lircd.conf
>> # 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.
>
>lirc-setup has had a nasty debian packaging bug making it crash directly
>when invoked. It's fixed in Debian, but Ubuntu which lags behind might
>still be affected. There is a workaround in an Ubuntu bug[1].
>
>
>Cheers!
>--alec
>
>[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1788235/comments/26

My script (see earlier on this thread) has a fix for most of the
problems with the Ubuntu LIRC packaging.