(SOLVED) Re: [mythtv-users] Re: native lirc support fails- "connection refused"

[Brad Fuller]

Dana Hata wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 16:37 -0400, Dana Hata wrote:
>  
>
>>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 11:37 -0700, nate s wrote:
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>>>I'm using udev, and I have to create the device node manually.  a
>>>mknod -c 60 0 /dev/lirc does it for me.  I noticed the OP had it as
>>>/dev/lirc0, you might try symlinking that to /dev/lirc.
>>>
>>>Also, I never got myth's internal support to work right, but it works
>>>fine using irxevent.
>>>
>>>-Nate
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:17:33 -0400, Dana Hata <estespark at 141.com> wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 18:31 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:20:24PM -0400, Dana Hata wrote:
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 17:20 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 09:55:05AM -0400, Dana Hata wrote:
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>mythtv version: 0.16 (compiled with native lirc support)
>>>>>>>>lirc version: lirc-0.7.0pre8
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Context:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I installed the lirc driver, and lircd is running, and if I use irw, I
>>>>>>>>can see each button I press.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Problem:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>When I run mythfrontend, the remote doesn't work.  I see this in the
>>>>>>>>console->
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>mythtv: could not connect to socket
>>>>>>>>mythtv: Connection refused
>>>>>>>>lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I've got no idea why mythfrontend would not be able to to access lirc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here's a side note- it seems myth tries to access /dev/lircd, because
>>>>>>>>initially, the lirc driver only created a /dev/lirc0, and mythfrontend
>>>>>>>>would throw the same error as above, except saying "file not found"
>>>>>>>>instead of "connection refused".  After I added a symbolic link
>>>>>>>>(/dev/lircd) to point to /dev/lirc0, I started getting my current error.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Anyone have any idea?
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Could you try downgrading to 0.7.0pre7? I had two reports that pre8
>>>>>>>broke lirc setups, while pre7 was doing fine.
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ok, I downloaded, compiled, and installed pre7, and when I modprobe
>>>>>>lirc_i2c I get the following in my /dev -->
>>>>>>
>>>>>>crw-r--r--  1 root root 61, 0 Oct 15 12:12 /dev/lirc
>>>>>>prw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Oct 15 12:13 /dev/lircd|
>>>>>>prw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Oct 15 12:13 /dev/lircm|
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>That sounds like you have udev or devfs. Are you sure these came up
>>>>>with the modprobe? What distribution/kernel is this?
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>I run lircd, and then irw, and it seems to respond correctly to remote
>>>>>>control buttons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When I run mythfrontend (as a user), I get -->
>>>>>>
>>>>>>mythtv: could not connect to socket
>>>>>>mythtv: Permission denied
>>>>>>lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
>>>>>>
>>>>>>OK, no permission?  So I run mythfrontend as root -->
>>>>>>
>>>>>>mythtv: could not connect to socket
>>>>>>mythtv: Connection refused
>>>>>>lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Same old "connection refused" error!
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry, thought I had a clue. If you are using udev/devfs, then check
>>>>>with the lirc list, support for them is quite new.
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>I don't have to recompile mythtv since moving down to pre7, do I?
>>>>
>>>>Also, doesn't it not matter if I'm using udev/devfs, because lircd
>>>>stands "in between" my device and mythfrontend?
>>>>
>>>>Dana
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>Well, maybe I am stuck with irxevent for now, until this gets addressed.
>>Does anyone have a good irxevent conf for the grey hauppauge remote that
>>come with the pvr250?
>>
>>Dana
>>
>>    
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>
>Ok, firstly, I'm and idiot.  I was running- lircd.  That was picking up
>lircd in /usr/bin, which was 0.6.6.  That's why it couldn't connect.  My
>new compiled lircd was in /usr/local/sbin.
>
>Dana
>  
>
I have similar problem. irw works outside, and it shows all of the 
haupaugegrey buttons that I push, but it doesn't work inside mythtv.

But, irxevent doesn't help. I run

# irxevent &

then startup myth

# mythfrontend

but no response to the remote control.

If I start it up as another user I see something like:

irxevent: could not open config files <user>/.lircrc and /etc/lircrc

Don't know why it reports "/etc/lircrc"

Maybe I'm starting it up wrong.
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