[mythtv-users] HDPVR setup irsend error

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:38 PM, steve <networks1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>> OK let me amend my last post.  I am no longer getting those errors when I
>>> modprobe lirc_zilog.  Don’t know what changed.
>>
>>See the reply I just sent. If this happens again, checksum whatever is
>>left in /lib/firmware/ vs. a freshly downloaded copy...
>
> Well maybe this is part of the problem.  There was no /lib/firmware
> directory,

Huh? What distribution is this again?

> and accordingly no hardware.conf in it.  I got a suggestion from
> John Welch who installed this and got it working by inserting the
> wiki-specified code into /etc/sysconfig/lirc (his reply here
> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-January/278205.html).

hardware.conf is Ubuntu/Debian-specific. Fedora uses /etc/sysconfig/lirc

>> 3. I run modprobe lirc_zilog
>
>>See also the reply I just sent, lirc_zilog doesn't auto-load. :)
>
> So does this command have to be run in a startup script for normal operation
> of the HDPVR? Or is it only needed to run the command line irsend command?

Needs to be done every boot.

>>> I have lircd.conf in /etc/lirc as it should be.  The designated name of
>>> the remote in there is blaster.
>>
>>I'd wager there's something slightly off in the config file that is
>>causing 'blaster' to not be loaded. Shoot me a copy off-list and I can
>>take a quick look at it.
>
> I’m using exactly what’s linked in the wiki, i.e.
> http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/lircd.conf which apprently others
> like John have used with success.

Others, including myself. Are you sure you're actually using that
lircd.conf and not some other one (or none)? What version of lirc is
this?

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com