[mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core 3.

[Nick]

On 8/20/05, Frank Lynch <frank.lynch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/20/05, Ernie Lim <ml at itmm.ca> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Frank Lynch
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:46 PM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core
> > > 3.
> > > > I'd try (as root) 'service lircd status' to make sure LIRC isn't
> > > > failing,
> > >
> > > [root at homeserver mythtv]# /sbin/service lircd status
> > > lircd (pid 3823) is running...
> > > [root at homeserver mythtv]#
> > >
> > > >and running 'irrecord' to see if you get any input from the
> > > > remote's other buttons via the Hauppauge card.
> > >
> > > irrecord does not get any input... below is the output  it complains
> > > of "gap not found"??
> > > > irrecord  test
> > > Hold down an arbitrary button.
> > > irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
> > > [root at homeserver mythtv]#
> > >
> > >
> > > > As you're running FC3
> > > > you may need some udev rules to make sure LIRC devices are created at
> > > > started
> > >
> > > I setup udev by patching /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit as recommended at:
> > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc
> > >
> > > > - what's the output of 'ls -la /dev/lirc*' when the system is
> > > > running?
> > >
> > > [root at homeserver mythtv]# ls -la /dev/lirc*
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     5 Aug 20 15:41 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
> > > crw-------  1 root root 61, 0 Aug 20 15:41 /dev/lirc0
> > > srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Aug 20 17:39 /dev/lircd
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Everything else looks OK AFAICT.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Still have the same behavior, still puzzled.
> > > cheers,
> > > --Frank
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Frank, on my debian box, I have a /var/log/lircd log that seems to have very
> > verbose messages....
> 
> hmm... unfortunately I don't have that here (fedora core 3). I wonder
> how I'd get lircd to log to a file. Maybe the output that you have in
> /var/log/lircd is going to /var/log/messages on fedora?

When starting the lircd daemon manually, use the '--logfile=file'
option, specifying the location of the logfile you want to use.

Nick