[mythtv-users] Joy and pain

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Wed Feb 12 17:28:46 UTC 2014


Hoi Daryl,

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 6:26:07 PM, you wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Yianni <yiannividalis at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi, Daryl.
>>>>
>>>> I can see this turning into another udev-rules marathon!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> I think Hika is right, most analog cards have ir (even without the blasting capability)
>>>> and your /dev/input/ devices must have changed their numbering, possibly creating more than one /dev/lirc device
>>>> (ls -lah /dev/lirc* ????????)
>>>
>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ ls -lah /dev/lirc*
>>> crw------- 1 root root 250, 0 Feb 12 11:05 /dev/lirc0
>>> crw------- 1 root root 250, 1 Feb 12 11:05 /dev/lirc1
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     19 Feb 12 11:05 /dev/lircd -> /var/run/lirc/lircd
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can tell you how I solved my same problem and I will provide my setup, udev and lirc files but
>>>> I use OpenSUSE, not ubuntu. The main difference in lirc is that in my distro there is no hardware.conf
>>>> file which I think controls blasting in *buntu, the only service config file for lirc is /etc/sysconfig/lirc.conf
>>>> I hope this won't confuse matters much. (There is a /etc/lirc/lircd.conf file, but it's used to define the remotes/protocols.)
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I have a "Hauppauge Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (0609:0334)", which I used
>>>> to have setup in lirc using the "devinput" driver, but that doesn't support blasting and I switched to the "default"
>>>> driver that does. It uses the mceusb kernel module, yours could be using a different one.
>>>>
>>>> I found the device name in /dev/input/by-id: (it's the last one)
>>>>
>>>> al2kpro:~ # la /dev/input/by-id/
>>>> σύνολο 0
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Νοέ   5 08:21 .
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 560 Ιαν  24 14:21 ..
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Ιαν  24 14:21 usb-05af_Rx504B_Ver:3.03-event-kbd -> ../event0
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Ιαν  24 14:21 usb-05af_Rx504B_Ver:3.03-event-mouse -> ../event1
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Ιαν  24 14:21 usb-05af_Rx504B_Ver:3.03-if01-event-mouse -> ../event1
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Ιαν  24 14:21 usb-05af_Rx504B_Ver:3.03-if01-mouse -> ../mouse0
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Ιαν  24 14:21 usb-05af_Rx504B_Ver:3.03-mouse -> ../mouse0
>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Ιαν  24 14:21 usb-SMK_CORPORATION_MCE_TRANCEIVR_Emulator_Device_2006_PA100707131807G-event-if00 -> ../event4
>>>
>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ la /dev/input/by-id/
>>> usb-RCMCU_iPazzPort-event-kbd
>>> usb-SIGMACHIP_Usb_Mouse-event-mouse  usb-USB_USB_Keykoard-event-kbd
>>> usb-RCMCU_iPazzPort-if01-event-mouse  usb-SIGMACHIP_Usb_Mouse-mouse
>>> usb-RCMCU_iPazzPort-if01-mouse        usb-USB_USB_Keykoard-event-if01
>>>
>>> To me, the above is talking about one device, my "ipazzPort", a mini
>>> wireless keyboard/air mouse combo. I don't see anything about PCI IR
>>> devices or serial IR devices. My IR blaster has a RS232 serial port
>>> connector which is in turn connected to a 9 pin com on the mobo.
>>>>
>>>> then I found the udev info for the device:
>>>>
>>>> al2kpro:~ # udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/input/by-id/usb-
>>>
>>> So I am stymied as to what udevadm to search.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck on your new endeavour, ;)
>>>>
>>>> Yianni.
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>>>
>>> Thanks Yianni and Hika.        Daryl
>>
>> And from Hika's direction:
>>
>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ (udevadm info --query path --name=/dev/input/event?)
>> device node not found
>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>>
>> I'm lost, but I don't give up!   Thanks again.     Daryl

> I just physically pulled the new card, turned the box back on and the
> stb powered up as a result of the "check_stb" script. Therefore I do
> agree with you two, Hika and Yianni, but have no idea where to go from
> here.
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Check which devices you need and create rules for the event and video
devices.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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Zonder leven is er geen hoop
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