[mythtv-users] LIRC help

[aslong at uark.edu]

----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Tait <tait at digitallaw.co.uk>
Date: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:35 pm
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC help

> At 08:57 13/08/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >In digging further, I found this in /var/log/messages   It happens 
> this way
> >anytime I launch the lircd service and then attempt to start 
> /usr/bin/irw.>Can anyone help me figure out what's going on?
> >
> >Aug 13 08:37:24 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre4[4304]: lircd(any) ready
> >Aug 13 08:37:24 localhost lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> >Aug 13 08:37:28 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre4[4304]: accepted new 
> client on
> >/dev/lircd
> >Aug 13 08:37:28 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre4[4304]: could not open 
> /dev/lirc>Aug 13 08:37:28 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre4[4304]: 
> default_init(): No such
> >device
> >Aug 13 08:37:28 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre4[4304]: caught signal
> 
> If it's anything like my PVR-250, the lircd device shows up under 
> /dev/lircd/0, whereas lirc (by default) looks for /dev/lircd0
> 
> I got mine to work by editing the init script; under gentoo, my 
> lircd line 
> looks like this:
> 
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/lircd -- 
> --device=/dev/lirc/0
> 
> The --device= option should eb portable everywhere. IIRC the 
> default gentoo 
> lirc build also allows you to put these options in  
> /etc/conf.d/lircd, but 
> I didn't know this at the time.
> 
> 
I'm kinda new at this... where is the init script located?
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