[mythtv-users] Remote suddenly stopped working

Bruce Nordstrand brucen at ksl.com.au
Thu Nov 20 04:43:36 UTC 2008




On 20/11/08 3:12 PM, "John H" <arizonamythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you updated your kernel or you updated lirc, you'll mess up lirc if
> you don't have all the necessary packages. I use Fedora and I always
> download the associated kernel modules (kmdl's) when I upgrade the
> kernel. I'm not familiar with mythbuntu but you may want to look into
> that.
> 
> I'd also do
> 
> #cd /dev
> #ls -al | grep lirc
> 
> How many entries do you have? I believe it should be two for each
> device for example 4 total for a remote and one blaster.
> 
> Then I'd do a
> 
> #irw /dev/lircd
> 
> My remote uses /dev/lircd but yours could be different. It shouldn't
> give you any errors so when you push the remote buttons it should give
> you feedback on the screen of the button codes from the
> /etc/lircd.conf file.
Just tried everything in here. ls -al resulted in one entry only for lircd -
I only have the remote not the blaster. Trying to run irw results in
Connection Refused.

Cheers
Bruce




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