[mythtv-users] LIRC problems after Ubuntu 8.04 update

[Mario Limonciello]

Ian Hodgson wrote:
> I have just updated by MythTV box to v0.21 and Ubuntu 8.04; everything 
> that I have tried works just fine apart from the Hauppauge remote 
> control. I went back to the original installation procedure and, after 
> playing about for a while, concluded that the lircd is not running. As 
> part of my testing, I tried...
> 
> xxx at yyyy:~$ sudo lircd -n --driver=dev/input --device=/dev/input/event6
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: lircd(userspace) ready
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: initializing '/dev/input/event6'
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: removed client
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: closing '/dev/input/event6'
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: initializing '/dev/input/event6'
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: removed client
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: closing '/dev/input/event6'
> lircd-0.8.3pre1[8065]: caught signal
> 
>     ...which worked prefectly with 'irw' and in MythTV, but when I try 
> to start the daemon, it will not start...
> 
> xxx at yyyy:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start
>  * Loading LIRC modules                                                  
> [ OK ]
>  * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC                              
> [fail]
> 
>     I can not find anything in the system logs to indicate the source of 
> the problem. I did find an Ubuntu Hardy Heron bug report for beta 1 
> release (204960), but nothing else to indicate that this is an ongoing 
> problem. Has anyone else come across this and found a way to fix it?
> Many thanks.
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This sounds like you have /etc/lirc/hardware.conf misconfigured.   You should
check what it's contents are.

-- 
Mario Limonciello
mario.mailing at gmail.com

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