[mythtv-users] imon and lirc trouble

[Ben Lancaster]

> I've poured through all sorts of peoples problems with this and I
> haven't found a solution that works for me.
> I thought I would post my information here in case anyone may notice
> something I am missing...
>
> I cannot get LCDd, lcdproc, or iw to work with my silverstone LC-11
>
> %> uname -r
> 2.6.16.16-default
>
> %> lsmod | grep imon
> imon_vfd                9928  0
> lirc_imon              14404  0
> lirc_dev               15296  1 lirc_imon
> usbcore               129532  5 imon_vfd,lirc_imon,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
>
> ----from dmesg (This seems strange to me):
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> lirc_imon: no version for "lirc_unregister_plugin" found: kernel  
> tainted.
> /home/mythtv/build/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_imon/lirc_imon.c: Driver  
> for
> Soundgraph iMON MultiMedian IR/VFD, v0.3
> /home/mythtv/build/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_imon/lirc_imon.c: Venky  
> Raju
> <dev at venky.ws>
> /home/mythtv/build/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_imon/lirc_imon.c:  
> imon_probe:
> found IMON device
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: no module owner registered
> /home/mythtv/build/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_imon/lirc_imon.c:  
> imon_probe:
> lirc_register_plugin failed
> lirc_imon: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -12
> usbcore: registered new driver lirc_imon
> /home/mythtv/build/imon/imon_vfd.c: Driver for Soundgraph iMON VFD,  
> v0.1a1
> /home/mythtv/build/imon/imon_vfd.c: Venky Raju <dev at venky.ws>
> /home/mythtv/build/imon/imon_vfd.c: imon_probe: found IMON device
> /home/mythtv/build/imon/imon_vfd.c: imon_probe: iMON device on  
> usb<1:2>
> initialized
> usbcore: registered new driver imon
>
> %> ll /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/imon.so
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 13010 2006-06-10 11:21
> /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/imon.so*
>
>
>
> these are the errors I get:
>
> %> LCDd
> Could not open driver module imon.so: imon.so: cannot open shared  
> object
> file: No such file or directory
> Driver [imon] binding failed
> Could not load driver imon
> There is no output driver
> Critical error while initializing, abort.
>
> %>  lcdproc
> Error connecting to LCD server localhost on port 13666.
> Check to see that the server is running and operating normally.
>
> %> irw    (the first time it does nothing)
> %> irw
> connect: Connection refused
>
>
> I would appreciate any help someone could give.

Try install usbutils, and then run "lsusb" to see if the hardware's  
even showing up. Either that or you could "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices"  
to see what shows up in there.