[mythtv-users] LIRC installation PVR-350

barbex barbex at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 11:37:18 UTC 2010


Hello everyone!

I've been pulling my hair out getting the remote control to work and I
fail. The remote is from the Hauppauge PVR-350 and has worked with
that very same card before in my old system but I set up a new one
with slightly more potent hardware.

So far all I'm trying to achieve is to see some things when I start
irw and press buttons on the remote but there is nothing.
And yes, I double checked if the cable is connected correctly.

I just list what I checked and then I desperately need some pointers
what I should do next.

1. hardware loaded at boot:
dmesg | grep lirc
[   18.923335] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
[   19.449060] lirc_i2c: chip 0x0 found @ 0x18 (Leadtek IR)
[   19.449063] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 10

Yes.

2. module loaded:
lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_i2c                5845  1
lirc_dev                8884  3 lirc_i2c

Yes.

3. device created:
ls /dev |grep lirc
lirc0
lircd

Yes.

4. deamon running:
ps -ef | grep lirc
root      1141     2  0 11:00 ?        00:00:00 [lirc_dev]
root      1167     1  0 11:00 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircd
--output=/var/run/lirc/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
master    2048  1827  0 12:16 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto lirc

Yes (I think?).

5. Configurationfiles:
locate .lircrc
/home/master/.lircrc

locate hardware.conf
/etc/lirc/hardware.conf

locate lircd.conf
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf

All there.

6. Somewhere I read about events being created but I'm unsure what
that means here:
ls -lah /dev/input/by-path/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 2010-09-23 11:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 280 2010-09-23 11:00 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 2010-09-23 11:00
pci-0000:00:02.1-usb-0:2:1.0-event-kbd -> ../event3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 2010-09-23 11:00
pci-0000:00:02.1-usb-0:2:1.1-event -> ../event4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 2010-09-23 11:00
platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse -> ../event5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 2010-09-23 11:00
platform-i8042-serio-1-mouse -> ../mouse1

I guess not good? I don't see an event for lirc but then again I don't
know if there should be. Can I create one?


7. lircd.conf
#Configuration for the Hauppauge TV card remote:
include "/usr/share/lirc/extras/more_remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge"

That used to have the codes directly, now it links to a file with the
same codes, I compared them.


8. hardware.conf
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Hauppauge TV card"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_i2c"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD="false"

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="true"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""

#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""

Anything wrong here?



So, I don't know, I'm lost here. Did I miss something? I'll be
grateful for all pointers and ideas.


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list