[mythtv-users] Trouble with lirc and HD-PVR on Fedora 12

[John Welch]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 4:36 PM, John Welch <jrw3319 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Fedora 12 Mythtv back-end system with myth packages coming
> from the ATrpms repo.  Around the turn of the year I had my HD-PVR
> fully operational, including IR transmitter, using the info from the
> MythTV wiki.  For various reasons I haven't used the HD-PVR for a
> while, but now that I am trying to use it again I am having some
> problems with lirc and the IR transmitter.  Per the HD-PVR wiki
> instructions I have the lirc_zilog (and lirc_dev) modules loaded, but
> yet no lirc devices exists under /dev.
>
> Trying to troubleshoot the issue I unloaded the lirc_zilog module and
> stopped the lirc service; then I tried starting from scratch.  When I
> manually load the lirc_zilog module I see the following in
> /var/log/messages:
> Apr 10 15:58:47 localhost kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver
> registered, major 249
> Apr 10 15:58:47 localhost kernel: lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR
> driver initializing
> Apr 10 15:58:47 localhost kernel: lirc_zilog: initialization complete
>
> To me this seems to indicate that the module(s) loaded successfully
> and if I run an lsmod the lirc_zilog and lirc_dev modules do appear.
> However, I'm still not seeing an lirc device showing up in /dev.
> Continuing on I restarted the lirc service.  When I do this I get
> several thousand messages like the following showing up in
> /var/log/messages:
>
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: "2195390513" is out of range
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: error in configfile line 30938:
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: "2195390514" is out of range
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: error in configfile line 30940:
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: "2195390515" is out of range
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: error in configfile line 30942:
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: "2195390541" is out of range
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: error in configfile line 30944:
> Apr 10 16:02:01 localhost lircd-0.8.6[6055]: "2195390542" is out of range
>
> These messages are apparently being generated due to an issue with my
> lircd.conf file.  The thing is I haven't made any changes to this file
> at all since I had things working.  I also re-downloaded the
> lircd.conf referenced in the MythTV HD-PVR wiki page, and verified
> that it is the same one that I am using.
>
> At this point I am stumped.  Since the time I had things working there
> have been a few kernel updates and also mythtv package updates, so I
> guess it is possible that one of these updates is causing the problem.
>  But I haven't been able to find any info on this issue, and I have to
> believe others have a similar setup.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I'm still having issues with this.
Can anyone at least confirm that they have this modules (lirc_zilog)
and this device (the IR transmitter of the HD-PVR) working on an F12
system with the latest kernel (2.6.32.11-99)?  The fact that the
module appears to load OK based on the messages I am seeing seems to
indicate a problem with the module and/or kernel.  But I really have
no idea what I am talking about, so maybe I'm out to lunch on this
assessment.  Shouldn't the lirc device be created when the module
loads?  If not, is it typically created when the service is started?
In either case I had this working with minimal effort with the help of
the directions in the HD-PVR wiki page.  So unless the wiki is
outdated something appears to be amiss.

Thanks again,
John