[mythtv-users] LIRC problems....Aargh!

[Christopher Robbins]

When I installed, I did use the switch so the frontend would run with
root privileges.....But copying lircrc to /root/.mythtv/ hasn´t worked
either......

I also chmod-ed /dev/lirc and /dev/lirc0 to no avail......



On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:15:21 -0500, Pete Stagman <tyrstag at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you running mythfrontend as user mythtv or root or something else?
> It sounds like the frontend can't find lircrc.
> Make sure that lircrc is in the ~/.mythtv directory of whatever user
> is running it.
> 
> --Pete
> 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:09:24 -0800, Christopher Robbins
> <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > linux:~ # ls -l /dev/lirc*
> > crw-------  1 root root 61, 0 Feb 28 22:14 /dev/lirc
> > crw-------  1 root root 61, 0 Feb 28 22:14 /dev/lirc0
> > srwxrwxrwx  1 root root     0 Feb 28 22:32 /dev/lircd
> > prw-------  1 root root     0 Oct  2 01:37 /dev/lircm
> >
> > Should I chmod both lirc and lirc0?
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:41:21 +0100, Marcel Janssen <korgull at home.nl> wrote:
> > > Hi Chris,
> > >
> > > > myth.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > It looks like your lirc device does not exist or you have no permission to
> > > access it.
> > >
> > > from you log file :
> > > Feb 26 10:41:35 linux lircd 0.7.1pre2: could not open /dev/lirc
> > > Feb 26 10:41:35 linux lircd 0.7.1pre2: default_init(): No such device
> > >
> > > Another thing I'm not 100% sure of is that I think you need to specify the
> > > remote name in the following sections :
> > >
> > > begin
> > > remote = grayHauppauge            <<<<<<<<<<<<
> > > prog = mythtv
> > > button = TV
> > > repeat = 3
> > > config = F5
> > > end
> > >
> > > I have this for each section in my lircrc file.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Marcel
> > >
> >
> >
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