[mythtv-users] /dev/lirc0 missing

[Nick Morrott]

On 02/03/07, nightshade at podiluk.com <nightshade at podiluk.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get MythTv installed on FC6. I've followed the excellent
> guide by Jarod. I did the part setting up lirc and when I used irw I did
> get output when I pressed the buttons. I continued on with the install and
> everything went fine and I can watch TV and recored shows. I went to go
> use my remote and nothing... I tried using irw to test and it just returns
> back to the prompt without doing anything. I have a MCE USB RC6 remote.
>
> Here are logs and config files of everything I can think of:
>
> [root at media1 log]# uname -r
> 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
>
> [root at media1 dev]# rpm -qa \*lirc\*
> lirc-devices-0.8-3.fc6.at
> lirc-lib-0.8.1-65_cvs20061130.fc6.at
> lirc-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-0.8.1-65_cvs20061130.fc6.at
> lirc-0.8.1-65_cvs20061130.fc6.at
>
> [root at media1 etc]# cat modprobe.conf
> alias char-major-61 lirc_mceusb2

You seem to be using the lirc_mceusb module below, not the mceusb2
specified here. Perhaps you want the alias to read:

alias char-major-61 lirc_mceusb

> alias eth0 skge
> alias eth1 forcedeth
> alias scsi_hostadapter sata_sil
> alias scsi_hostadapter1 sata_nv
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-intel8x0 index=0
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> alias snd-card-2 snd-mpu401
> options snd-card-2 index=2
> options snd-mpu401 index=2
> remove snd-mpu401 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 2 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-mpu401
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-9746
> alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-9746
> # ivtv modules setup
> #alias char-major-81 videodev
> #alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> install lirc_mceusb2 /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
> lirc_mceusb

This modprobe statement is referring to 2 different lirc modules. You
probably want it to read

install lirc_mceusb /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe
--ignore-install lirc_mceusb

if you really are using the lirc_mceusb module.

>
> [root at media1 rules.d]# cat lirc.rules
> KERNEL=="lirc[0-9]*",   NAME="lirc%n"
> KERNEL=="lirc0",                SYMLINK="lirc"
>
> [root at media1 dev]# /sbin/lsmod |grep irc
> lirc_mceusb            13152  0
> lirc_dev               16788  1 lirc_mceusb

You are using the lirc_mceusb module at this point.

> [root at media1 dev]# cat /var/log/dmesg |grep irc
> lirc_dev: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_mceusb
> /var/tmp/bach-build/BUILD/lirc-0.8.1/drivers/lirc_mceusb/lirc_mceusb.c:
> USB Microsoft IR Transceiver Driver v0.2

Ditto here.

> Feb 28 21:53:37 media1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS[8159]: lircd(userspace) ready
> Feb 28 21:53:50 media1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS[8159]: accepted new client on
> /dev/lircd
> Feb 28 21:53:50 media1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS[8159]: could not open /dev/lirc
> Feb 28 21:53:50 media1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS[8159]: default_init(): No such device
> Feb 28 21:53:50 media1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS[8159]: caught signal
>
> [root at media1 dev]# ll lirc*
> srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 28 21:53 lircd

No /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0 devices usually means either the LIRC
modules are not loaded correctly, or udev has not correctly created
devices.

I would correct the errors in your modprobe.conf file, and see if this
fixes the problem. Everything else seems to be OK (make sure you have
a good /etc/lircd.conf file for your remote).

Nick
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