[mythtv-users] Joy and pain (Daryl McDonald)

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi Daryl,
>
> Friday, February 14, 2014, 7:23:27 PM, you wrote:
>
>>>
>>> No I'm wrong. The -d option sets the socketfile, so
>>> /var/run/lirc/lircd and the other one is just not configured.
>>>
>>> Tot mails,
>>>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>>
>>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
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>>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>>
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>
>> Is there a way to tell it to load serial before PCI? that way the
>> blaster would be lirc0 and the cx88xx would be lirc1.
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> I don't think so. But I'm thinking further about that socket file.
> If you change hardware.conf to:
>
> #Chosen IR Transmitter
> TRANSMITTER="Serial Port (UART) : Motorola Cable box"
> TRANSMITTER_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_serial"
> TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
> TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="/dev/lircSerial"
> TRANSMITTER_SOCKET="/var/run/lirc/lircdSerial"
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="motorola/dctxxxx.conf"
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
> It should create it's own socketfile
> and about the config file: doesn't above say it's in
> /etc/lirc/mototola? And not somewhere in /usr?
> The file in /usr is possibly only a template.
>
> 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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Ok I made the changes you suggested Hika, now I need to wait until
after four pm so I don't butcher another recording today. I'll reboot
and report in a couple hours.   Do know that I am extremely grateful
for all the input.
Daryl