[mythtv-users] Remote Not working In Mythtv

David Phillips hockoham at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 19 23:03:37 UTC 2004


--- Wayne Steenburg <w.steenburg at myactv.net> wrote:

> 
> > Wayne,
> > 
> > OK found the hidden directory. Here is the output
> > .                             .fonts.conf         
> 
> > .mozilla
> > ..                            .gconf              
> 
> > .mythtv
> > .autorun.lck                  .gconfd             
> 
> > .openoffice-install-log
> > .bash_history                 .gnome              
> 
> > .openoffice-lock
> > .bash_logout                  .gnome2             
> 
> > .parallelrealities
> > .bash_profile                 .gnome2_private     
> 
> > .qt
> > .bashrc                       .gtkrc              
> 
> > .recently-used
> > .cdserverrc                   .ICEauthority       
> 
> > .reslisarc
> > .DCOPserver_192.168.1.250__0  .kde                
> 
> > .rhn-applet
> > .DCOPserver_192.168.1.250_:0  .kderc              
> 
> > .rhn-applet.conf
> > Desktop                       .libquicktime_codecs
> 
> > .rhopenoffice1.1
> > .dmrc                         lircrc              
> 
> > .ssh
> > .emacs                        .lpoptions          
> 
> > .sversionrc
> > .esd_auth                     .mailcap            
> 
> > .thumbnails
> > .fishsrv.pl                   .mcop               
> 
> > .Xauthority
> > .fonts                        .mcoprc             
> 
> > .xsession-errors
> > .fonts.cache-1                .mime.types
> > 
> > I am using Fedora Core 2 and used the
> Documentation
> > from Jarod on Wilsonet.com. Still I moved the
> lircrc
> > to the directory and still do not have the remote
> > working in Mythtv. Many thanks for you help. David
> > > 
> 
> Did you restart lircd with lircrc in the correct
> place?
> 
> # service lircd restart
> 
> 
> Do you get any errors on startup?
> 
> # cat /var/log/messages |grep lirc  
> 
> You should see something similar to:
> 
> Oct 15 17:06:19 mythtv lircd 0.7.0pre8[1978]:
> lircd(any) ready
> Oct 15 17:06:19 mythtv lircd: lircd startup
> succeeded
> 
> If it's been awhile since you've rebooted you may
> have to substitute
> "messages" in the above command with "messages.1" or
> similar.
> 
> 
> If that all looks good, what are the permissions on
> /dev/lircd?
> 
> # ls -l /dev/lircd
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Oct 15 17:06 /dev/lircd
> 
> And if that's correct are you sure you have the
> right lirc files in the
> right place? I'm not using the hauppauge remote,
> but...
> 
> running this:
> 
> # head /etc/lircd.conf
> 
> should give you this:
> 
> # brand:                       Hauppauge
> # model no. of remote control: Grey (PVR-350)
> 
> begin remote
> 
>   name  hauppaugegrey
>   bits           13
>   eps            30
>   aeps          100
> 
> 
> 
> and 
> 
> # head /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
> 
> should result in
> 
> # ~/.mythtv/lircrc
> #
> # MythTV native LIRC config file for
> # the grey Hauppauge remote
> #
> # By Jarod Wilson, 2003/12/21
> # Amalgamated from Jeff Campbell's,
> # .lircrc, the mythtv.org docs, and
> # a few touches of my own. :)
> #
> 
> I hope this will help :)
> 
> Wayne Steenburg
> 
> 
> 
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> 

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for your help. Everything you sent to me is
correct except the following. 

[root at 192 root]# head /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
#
# defaults:
#
# remote = *
# repeat = 0
#
#
#

I don't use the grey remote, but the black one that
comes with the WinTV Go PCI card.

Other Info
[root at 192 root]# cat /var/log/messages |grep lirc
Oct 17 13:54:55 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2061]: caught
signal
Oct 17 13:54:55 192 lircd: lircd shutdown succeeded
Oct 17 13:56:26 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: lircd(any)
ready
Oct 17 13:56:26 192 lircd: lircd startup succeeded
Oct 17 13:58:01 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: accepted
new client on /dev/lircd
Oct 17 13:58:01 192 kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote
Control driver registered, at major 61
Oct 17 13:58:01 192 kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @
0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
Oct 17 13:58:01 192 kernel: lirc_dev:
lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10
Oct 17 13:58:30 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: removed
client
Oct 17 13:58:43 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: accepted
new client on /dev/lircd
Oct 17 13:58:48 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: removed
client
Oct 17 13:59:04 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: accepted
new client on /dev/lircd
Oct 17 13:59:04 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: accepted
new client on /dev/lircd
Oct 17 13:59:17 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: removed
client
Oct 17 14:00:01 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: removed
client
Oct 17 20:19:40 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: caught
signal
Oct 17 20:19:40 192 lircd: lircd shutdown succeeded
Oct 19 18:32:54 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: lircd(any)
ready
Oct 19 18:32:54 192 lircd: lircd startup succeeded
Oct 19 18:34:03 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: accepted
new client on /dev/lircd
Oct 19 18:34:03 192 kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote
Control driver registered, at major 61
Oct 19 18:34:03 192 kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @
0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
Oct 19 18:34:04 192 kernel: lirc_dev:
lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10
Oct 19 18:34:25 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: removed
client
Oct 19 18:34:50 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: caught
signal
Oct 19 18:34:50 192 lircd: lircd shutdown succeeded
Oct 19 18:36:22 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: lircd(any)
ready
Oct 19 18:36:22 192 lircd: lircd startup succeeded
Oct 19 18:36:56 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: accepted
new client on /dev/lircd
Oct 19 18:36:56 192 kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote
Control driver registered, at major 61
Oct 19 18:36:57 192 kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @
0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
Oct 19 18:36:57 192 kernel: lirc_dev:
lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10
Oct 19 18:37:07 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: removed
client
Oct 19 18:52:33 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2064]: caught
signal
Oct 19 18:52:33 192 lircd: lircd shutdown succeeded
Oct 19 18:52:34 192 lircd 0.7.0pre7[2754]: lircd(any)
ready
Oct 19 18:52:34 192 lircd: lircd startup succeeded
[root at 192 root]# ls -l /dev/lircd
srw-rw-rw-  1 root root 0 Oct 19 18:52 /dev/lircd
[root at 192 root]# head /etc/lircd.conf
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.5.5pre8 on Sun Apr 18 11:43:45 1999
#
# contributed by Jens Leuschner <leuschner at gmx.net>
#
# brand:             Hauppauge
# model:
# supported devices: WinTV primo; WinTV pci; WinTV
radio


Thanks
David


		
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