[mythtv-users] mythfrontend not seeing lircd; irw works

Jay Mallar jaymallar at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 19:00:34 UTC 2007 

I've got LIRC installed and working perfectly with irw.

I run mythfrontend (compiled with LIRC support) as "mythtv" and my files
are installed into /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lirc.  Here's all my details:

I have my lirc as ~/.mythtv/lircrc and links to it from various other
names and places (just to make sure!)

lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv 14 2007-09-22 11:53 /home/mythtv/lircrc ->
.mythtv/lircrc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv 15 2007-09-22 11:54 /home/mythtv/.lircrc ->
.mythtv/.lircrc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv 6 2007-09-22 11:53 /home/mythtv/.mythtv/.lircrc ->
lircrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv 2.6K 2007-09-29 16:07 /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc


:cat /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Go
    config = M
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Power
    config = Esc
end

# TV
# Videos
# Music
# Pictures
# Guide
# Radio

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Up
    repeat = 3
    config = Up
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Left
    repeat = 3
    config = Left
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Right
    repeat = 3
    config = Right
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Down
    repeat = 3
    config = Down
end

<rest removed for brevity>

:lircd -v
lircd 0.8.3-CVS


:mythfrontend --version
Library API version     : 0.20.20070821-1
Source code version     : exported
SVN Branch              : tags/release-0-20-2
Options compiled in:
linux release using_v4l using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_ivtv
using_dbox2 using_hdhr using_ip_rec using_freebox using_live using_lirc
using_joystick_menu using_x11 using_xv using_xrandr using_frontend
using_backend using_bindings_perl


irw works perfectly.

:irw
0000000000001794 00 Up Hauppauge_350
0000000000001794 01 Up Hauppauge_350
0000000000001796 00 Left Hauppauge_350
0000000000001796 01 Left Hauppauge_350
0000000000001795 00 Down Hauppauge_350
0000000000001795 01 Down Hauppauge_350
0000000000001797 00 Right Hauppauge_350


Here's the last of my lircd log file (I'm using the -D7 option) from the
run above:

:cat /var/log/lircd
...
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: trying "Hauppauge_350" remote
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: pending pulse: 0
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: pending space: 0
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: <s734815
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: sync
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: pending pulse: 1097
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: expecting space: 811
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: <p981
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: pending pulse: 0
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: <s804
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: pending pulse: 969
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: 1
...
...
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: code: 1797
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: <p924
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: pending pulse: 0
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: sum: 23940
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: timeout: 63466
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: found: Right
Sep 29 17:13:33 mythbe1 lircd: writing to client 0
Sep 29 17:13:58 mythbe1 lircd: removed client

When I start mythfrontend, I expected to see "adding client" msgs and
when I shut the frontend down I expected to see "removed client"
messages (along with the keypress data), but I see nothing in my lircd
logs that indicates it recognized mythfrontend was started or stopped.


Here's my mythfrontend output:

:mythfrontend
Xlib:  extension "XInputExtension" missing on display ":1.0".
Failed to get list of devices
2007-09-29 17:16:43.412 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
2007-09-29 17:16:43.415 DPMS is not supported.
2007-09-29 17:16:43.421 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-09-29 17:16:43.424 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: mythbe1
2007-09-29 17:16:43.425 Total desktop dim: 1152x864, with 1 screen[s].
2007-09-29 17:16:43.425 Using screen 0, 1152x864 at 0,0
2007-09-29 17:16:43.429 Current Schema Version: 1160
2007-09-29 17:16:43.430 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20070821-1 www.mythtv.org
2007-09-29 17:16:43.430 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
DisplaResX: Unable to XRRgetScreenInfo
DisplaResX: Unable to XRRgetScreenInfo
2007-09-29 17:16:43.544 Total desktop dim: 1152x864, with 1 screen[s].
2007-09-29 17:16:43.545 Using screen 0, 1152x864 at 0,0
2007-09-29 17:16:43.545 Switching to square mode (Retro)
2007-09-29 17:16:43.550 Using the Qt painter
2007-09-29 17:16:43.676 Joystick disabled.
2007-09-29 17:16:44.121 Loading from:
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2007-09-29 17:16:44.264 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2007-09-29 17:16:44.269 Starting media monitor.
2007-09-29 17:16:46.578 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.20:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2007-09-29 17:16:46.579 Using protocol version 31


And I am running as "mythtv"...

:id
uid=500(mythtv) gid=500(mythtv) groups=4(adm),500(mythtv)


It appears mythfrontend was compiled with LIRC support as I requested:

:which mythfrontend
/usr/local/bin/mythfrontend


:ldd /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00110000)
        libmythtv-0.20.2.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libmythtv-0.20.2.so.0
(0x0024a000)
        libmythavformat-0.20.2.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/libmythavformat-0.20.2.so.0 (0x00111000)
        libmythavutil-0.20.2.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/libmythavutil-0.20.2.so.0 (0x00193000)
        libmythavcodec-0.20.2.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/libmythavcodec-0.20.2.so.0 (0x00d44000)
        libmythfreemheg-0.20.2.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/libmythfreemheg-0.20.2.so.0 (0x00199000)
        libmythupnp-0.20.2.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/libmythupnp-0.20.2.so.0 (0x03672000)
        libmythlivemedia-0.20.2.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/libmythlivemedia-0.20.2.so.0 (0x059de000)
        libmyth-0.20.2.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libmyth-0.20.2.so.0
(0x011a6000)
        libmythui-0.20.2.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libmythui-0.20.2.so.0
(0x05744000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x04c13000)
        libmp3lame.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so.0 (0x05594000)
        libasound.so.2 => /lib/libasound.so.2 (0x06459000)
        libartsc.so.0 => /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0 (0x00217000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x0021d000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00220000)
        libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00225000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x05d99000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x056a2000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x0022a000)
        libXv.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXv.so.1 (0x04bce000)
        libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x05d5c000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x04d87000)
        libqt-mt.so.3 => /usr/lib/qt-3.3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 (0x02000000)
        libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 (0x05354000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x01477000)
        libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x06141000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x04c01000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x01518000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x04d24000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x05bfa000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x04e56000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x04b06000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0161a000)
        liblirc_client.so.0 =>
/usr/local/lib/liblirc_client.so.0(0x04be0000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x0022d000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x04d7c000)
        libmng.so.1 => /usr/lib/libmng.so.1 (0x045a2000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x043ec000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0x04d3e000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x04392000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x04da3000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x04d97000)
        libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x04deb000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x04ce9000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x04cc2000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x04ccd000)
        libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0x037b9000)
        libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 0x0432c000)
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x0618c000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x04332000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x04344000)
        liblcms.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1 (0x04dae000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x04d90000)
        libexpat.so.0 => /lib/libexpat.so.0 (0x04c9f000)

:ls -al /usr/local/lib/liblirc_client.so.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 23 2007-09-29 13:55 /usr/local/lib/liblirc_client.so.0
-> liblirc_client.so.0.2.0*

:ls -al /usr/local/lib/liblirc_client.so.0.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48K 2007-09-29 13:55
/usr/local/lib/liblirc_client.so.0.2.0*

So - any clue why lircd isn't seeing mythfrontend and vice versa?

Thanks,
Jay

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