[mythtv-users] Diskless Mythbuntu serial lirc

[Mitch Gore]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 06/08/2009, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > i have a homebrew serial ir receiver.  I am having a hard time getting
> my
> > reciever to work in ubuntu.  fedora was a snap but ubuntu not so.  I have
> > yet to find some clear instructions on how to do this.  wiki was really
> > messy and wasnt matching my files.  maybe old version.
> > >
> > > so, can someone give me some help, plz.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > --
> > > Mitchell
> > >
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > here is some more info:
> > mitchell at 0013d477b961:~$ sudo lircd -n
> > lircd-0.8.4a[2828]: lircd(default) ready
> > lircd-0.8.4a[2828]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> >  lircd-0.8.4a[2828]: could not get file information for /dev/lirc
> > lircd-0.8.4a[2828]: default_init(): No such file or directory
>
> You don't have a /dev/lirc. Do you have a /dev/lirc0? If you do,
> update your LIRC config to use the correct device name (/dev/lirc0)
> and restart lircd. (Alternatively you can use a udev rule to create
> the /dev/lirc symlink automatically when /dev/lirc0 is created.)
>
> > [   23.796053] lirc_serial: auto-detected active low receiver
> > [   23.796062] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
>
> What modprobe options (if any) are you specifying for the lirc_serial
> module?
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
> --
> Nick Morrott
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I gave up.  Just purchased a MCE USB remote via ebay.  Its only $15 shipped
and will pry work better anyways.

My time is more valuable:
-- 
Mitchell
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