[mythtv-users] Big headaches trying to get LIRC working

[Andy Long]

What happens if you run $ /usr/bin/irw after a reboot?  


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:22:00 -0500, Jason Donahue <mythtv at timekiller.org> wrote:
> I actually did re-read the lirc section of the howto. I applied the
> patch, and removed the first line of lirc.rules. I think it may be an
> issue with my modprobe.conf.
> 
> I kind of guessed at the appropriate line:
> 
> alias char-major-61 lirc_mceusb
> 
> With this line I just noticed that even if the receiver is not plugged
> in, the lirc_mceusb and lirc_dev modules get loaded on reboot. If I
> manually unload them, and plug in the receiver they don't get loaded. So
> it seems there is something wrong.
> 
> I've also tried:
> 
> alias lirc0 lirc_mceusb
> 
> Anyone know what the modprobe.conf line should be?
> 
> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 11:04 -0800, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 February 2005 10:57, Jason Donahue wrote:
> > > I have several Myth Boxes, and have done a bunch of installs, mainly
> > > based around Jarod's HOWTO.
> > >
> > > Currently I am trying to get a USB XP MCE receiver working on a front-
> > > end only box.
> > >
> > > I have everything installed, and the proper module loads when I plug in
> > > the receiver.
> > >
> > > The main problem is that /dev/lirc0 is not getting created, so nothing
> > > works.
> > >
> > > What do I need to do to get /dev/lirc0 created ? I even tried creating
> > > it with mknod, but when I manually create it, things like irw and
> > > irrecord seg fault.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated...
> >
> > Re-read the lirc parts in my latest doc rev. There's a patch for rc.sysinit
> > and a udev rules file needed to get everything to auto-load properly at
> > startup.
> >
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