[mythtv-users] How to patch LIRC for HD-PVR150

[Greg Oliver]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Jeff Cranmer <jeff at lotussevencars.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 23:08 -0400, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
>> >
>> > You've got infrared light coming from somewhere in the room.
>> >
>> I rebooted the system and now the receiver flashes just once every 10-20
>> seconds, so it seems that problem is solved.
>>
>> Still no response to irw though.  Even though the LED lights in response
>> to every remote keypress, and I get debug data on dmesg.
>> >
>> > > Is there a way to prevent the lirc receiver flooding dmesg?
>> >
>> > You have lirc_mceusb's debug param set. Unset it. But your real problem is all the stray infrared that its picking up.
>> >
>> Where do I unset this?  The lirc 'debug' use flag wasn't set when I
>> compiled lirc, so I assume you don't mean this.

somewhere under /etc/modprobe.conf.d there is probably a file loading
your lirc modules with:

options lirc_dev debug=1

or similar.  Remove that, run "depmod -a"  stop lirc,rmmod the modules
in use (lird_dev, lirc_mceusb) and restart lirc..  The debugs should
be gone.  If not, then let us know.

>> irsend LIST "" "" gives the response
>> irsend: mceusb
>> irsend: mceusb_hauppauge
>> irsend: vista_mce
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Another question - the /etc/conf.d/lircd.conf file has just two
> uncommented lines.
>
> LIRCD_OPTS="-d /dev/lirc0"
> LIRCD_OPTS="-d /dev/lirc"
>
> There is a /dev/lirc0 device, but the only other device in my system
> is /dev/lircd
>
> Is this file correctly configured?
>
> Jeff
>