[mythtv-users] New Problem with LIRC and Tivo remote...

[Nate Thompson]

OK, after looking at the messages I was getting from /var/log/messages, I
decided that maybe my lircd.conf file wasn't correct. I downloaded an
updated one (TIVO34) and put it in the proper directory. /usr/bin/irw still
does not work properly, but below is the revised message found in
/var/log/messages. Do I need to somewhere tell LIRC that it should be using
COM1 (i.e. the serial port)? Again, any help greatly apprechiated.

Mar 22 22:17:11 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[9590]: lircd(any) ready 
Mar 22 22:17:11 localhost lircd: lircd startup succeeded 
Mar 22 22:17:18 localhost su(pam_unix)[6446]: session closed for user root 
Mar 22 22:17:20 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[9590]: accepted new client on
/dev/lircd 
Mar 22 22:17:20 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[9590]: could not open /dev/lirc 
Mar 22 22:17:20 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[9590]: default_init(): No such
device 
Mar 22 22:17:20 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[9590]: caught signal

Nate Thompson

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Nate Thompson
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:38 PM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: [mythtv-users] New Problem with LIRC and Tivo remote...



Hello all, 

I got another PVR-250 and this one seems to work so I went on to the next
step in Jarod's guide. Unfortunately I have hit another snag with getting
LIRC to work properly. Everything has installed properly (following the
directions given in the guide). However, when I try '/usr/bin/irw', it
immediately dumps me back to the prompt. Checking the /var/log/messges file,
I found the following information:

Mar 22 20:07:23 localhost lircd: lircd startup succeeded 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: accepted new client on
/dev/lircd 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: could not get hardware
features 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: this device driver does not
support the new LIRC interface 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: major number of /dev/lirc
is 4 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: LIRC major number is 61 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: check if /dev/lirc is a
LIRC device 
Mar 22 20:07:27 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[3610]: caught signal 

If I check the status of the lircd service (/sbin/service lircd status), I
get 'lircd dead but subsys locked' in response. I am using a homebrew serial
IR receiver that works with WinLIRC on my Windows PC. I have loaded the tivo
lircd.conf file into the /etc directory. I did a search of the mailing list
and while I found people with similar issues, I never really caught a
solution. Any help would definitely be apprechiated.

Thanks, 

Nate Thompson