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| Author: | lhassell [ Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:48 pm ] |
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I am assuming this is a hardware question, due to the syslog message I found. I have a MCE remote with an SMK USB receiver. It had worked previously, but as of the latest release (R5F1), it does not. I tried starting lirc manually and using irw... the following is the tail of the syslog. Code: Aug 23 18:47:10 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: lircd(all) ready
Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: could not get hardware features Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: this device driver does not support the new LIRC interface Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: major number of /dev/usb/hiddev0 is 180 Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: LIRC major number is 61 Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: check if /dev/usb/hiddev0 is a LIRC device Aug 23 18:47:16 box lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[25079]: caught signal Using mode2, I can see the signal coming in, and I still have the lircd.conf and lircrc files that worked previously. My receiver is lirc0, but for some reason, this seems to be trying to use my keyboard (hiddev0). Any ideas? |
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| Author: | tjc [ Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:12 pm ] |
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See the R5F1 hints under LIRC. The device names changed because of udev, which means changing the reference in hardware.conf. |
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| Author: | lhassell [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:15 pm ] |
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I fixed the hardware.conf issue, and spent a couple of days fiddling with the settings for my remote... I've fixed part of the problem, but still no luck. For some reason, it seems that my lircd.conf is not being loaded--- I have it both in /etc and /etc/lirc, (just covering bases), so location shouldn't be an issue, and the file worked previously, but irw returns nothing, and irreccord tells me it can't init the hardware. Mode2 -d /dev/lirc0 still returns normal data, though. What should my next move be? Thanks |
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| Author: | tjc [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:52 pm ] |
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What driver are you using? |
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| Author: | lhassell [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:11 pm ] |
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As to drivers: cat /var/log/syslog | grep lirc produces the following: Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_mceusb2: Philips eHome USB IR Transciever and Microsoft MCE 2005 Remote Control driver for LIRC v0.26 Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_mceusb2: Daniel Melander <lirc@rajidae.se>, Martin Blatter <martin_a_blatter@yahoo.com> Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_mceusb2[2]: SMK eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb3:2 Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: usbcore: registered new driver lirc_mceusb2 Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_mceusb2[2]: usb remote disconnected Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 Aug 23 22:26:59 box kernel: lirc_mceusb2[3]: SMK eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb3:3 As far as I know, this seems correct. |
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| Author: | lhassell [ Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:45 pm ] |
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I realize the transition to Schedules Direct is playing havoc with everyone's time... just bumping the thread to keep it current... any ideas out there? |
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| Author: | lhassell [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:50 pm ] |
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Bump #2... |
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| Author: | wmcvetty [ Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:41 am ] |
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Edit: Misread your problem....I need to not post after staying up all night upgrading my computer....haha. This may come into play once you get your remote working but channels don't change....lol. I just ran through an upgrade to R5F1 myself last night and had to battle my remote again.... My main thing seemed to be making sure the change-channel-script.pl file referenced the correct remote, then I had to change the system command from using "rc" to "irsend"....I know that was a work around, but hey - it worked. To test out if that will work for you find out what your remote name is, then run Code: irsend SEND_ONCE [Remote Name] [button/channel]
Also, I changed the ENTER command at the end of the script to use the "ok/select" button from my remote |
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| Author: | thrillhouse [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:18 am ] |
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Just changed the DEVICE line in the /etc/lirc/hardware.conf from Code: DEVICE="/dev/usb/hiddev0" Code: DEVICE="/dev/lirc0" and the remote worked fine.[/code] |
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| Author: | thrillhouse [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:55 am ] |
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Little premature. Navigating through the menu and the output of irw work fine, but when I get to watch a recording or live tv, the guide button doesn't bring up the guide and nothing pops up when I use the channel or volume keys. Edit: the guide pops up when I hit the 'm' button on the keyboard. |
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| Author: | bruce_s01 [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:01 am ] |
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This seems to point to a problem with your ~/.mythtv/lircrc . Have you checked that your button names in there match with those in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf ? Bruce S. |
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| Author: | thrillhouse [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:03 am ] |
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Well the buttons 'work'. I can pause rewind fast forward and all that jazz. But none of the on screen stuff pops up. |
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| Author: | bruce_s01 [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:10 am ] |
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When using irw, did those ones you having problems with currently, return with the correct button name? Quote: Well the buttons 'work'. I can pause rewind fast forward and all that jazz. But none of the on screen stuff pops up.
If those buttons labels have gotten out of sync between the two files, lirc wouldn't be able to emulate that particular key. Bruce S. |
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| Author: | thrillhouse [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:12 am ] |
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Yeah, the buttons are fine in irw. They do what they are supposed to when watching tv or recording, the on screen display stuff just doesn't come up. |
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| Author: | thrillhouse [ Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:47 am ] |
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Ok, managed to get the guide button to pop up the guide. I copied the old, working /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc to the new hard drive in the same spot. Still no on screen recording positions though... |
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