[mythtv-users] lirc problems

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Joe Friedrich <pennstatejoe74 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I actually don't have any devices in the dev directory.  Only thing there is /dev/lircd which is linked to /var/run/lirc/lircd

Then lirc_zilog either isn't loaded, or isn't binding to your hdpvr
once loaded. So actually, I guess this *could* be somewhat
tangentially related to video failing. If you have a channel-change
script that is relying on irsend via the hdpvr's blaster, it would
fail, and mythtv would abort starting video recording/playback via
your hdpvr.

And fyi, etiquette on this list is to not top-post.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 23:39:23
> To: Discussion about mythtv<mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] lirc problems
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Joe Friedrich <pennstatejoe74 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i have been trying to get mythtv to work for months with my hd-pvr.  i am
>> yet to figure it out.  seems like i'm always so close - then something else
>> pops up.  right now i'm dealing with some lirc issue i found in the
>> deamon.logs everytime i boot the front end.  the machine i'm running is a
>> front/backend.  i am hoping to use freemote control with it.
>>
>> is there a better place i can find more detailed info about what's not
>> allowing myth to work properly...  maybe some logs specific to mythtv.
>>
>> i've been getting this error for the past 3 days...
>>
>>
>> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: accepted new client on
>> /var/run/lirc/lircd
>> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: could not get file
>> information for /dev/lirc
>> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: default_init(): No such
>> file or directory
>> Jun  1 19:57:41 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: Failed to initialize
>> hardware
>> Jun  1 19:57:56 SuperComm9000se lircd-0.8.6[1777]: removed client
>
> $ ls -l /dev/lirc*
>
> Betcha there's no /dev/lirc, but instead, /dev/lirc0. Add a symlink or
> edit your distro's initscript config. The default device really ought
> to be changed in lirc from /dev/lirc to /dev/lirc0 (which I've done
> for the Fedora lirc builds), but I think I'll go ahead with committing
> that change upstream at some point too.
>
> This has nothing to do with video on your hd-pvr not working though.




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Jarod Wilson
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