[mythtv-users] Joy and pain

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Daryl,

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 1:54:54 AM, you wrote:

>>>>
>>>>> Aren't you suffering from udev moving your /dev/video* around, when it
>>>>> first recognises the DVD card?
>>>>
>>>> Especially if the dvd and analog card use the same driver!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's a hardware issue, I ran the "check_stb" in a terminal and it said
>>> "hardware does not support IRSEND. UDEV is co-operating nicely.
>>
>> About your irblaster, has the new card ir-capability because then the
>> event device in /dev/input could have moved.
>>
>>
>> Tot mails,
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>>
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>>
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> The first(digital PCIe)card and the second(analog PCI)card worked
> great. When I put the third(digital PCI)card in the box the IR blaster
> stopped working, evident by the following terminal output:

> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ /usr/local/bin/check_stb
> irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE DCT700 info
> irsend: hardware does not support sending
> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$

> None of the cards are blaster capable, so I use a serial port IR
> blaster. The new card is a PCTV 800i, I suppose pulling it would test
> if it is having an adverse effect on the IR baster, is there an easier
> way?
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I don't know about dvb cards, but in my experience most analog cards
have ir hardware on board, even though there is no connector.
Take a look at the event devices in /dev/input/
in dmesg you can see which is asigned to what: powerbutton, keyboard,
mouse, ir etc.
You can also run the famous call;
udevadm info --attribute-walk --path $(udevadm info --query path
--name=/dev/input/event?)
If the new card claims one you see it. Also check on which event nr
the ir blaster is configured to use.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
Het eeuwige dilemma
Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

De lerende Mens
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