Hey

I'm trying to make it so when I push a button on my remote, it runs a script (mythpowerbutton.sh).

when I run:

./usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh

as root or as mythtv user, I get the desired affect (mythfrontend is restarted)

when I run irexec /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh I get the desired affect.

However, when I push the button on my remote, nothing happens.

To be sure it's not a mapping issue, I change the MUTE button, which I know works, from:

begin
prog = mythtv
button = Mute
config = |
end

To:

begin
prog = irexec
button = Mute
config = /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
end

I save, restart mythfrontend and push the button, nothing happens. I change it back to mute, and restart mythfrontend and the Mute works.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this is?

Thanks!
Brad

Hi,

Maybe the permissions are not set. I would suggest doing a chmod 755 to the file and then try it.

I am also assuming the Mute button did work before the change?

Mike

I have it set to 755, and yeah, the mute button worked before the change and worked after I reversed the change.

Wierd eh?

Hi,

Rather than just doing a frontend restart, maybe try a reboot after the change? You could probably just do a restart of the lirc but the reboot won't hurt either. It may not be re-reading the lircrc script.

Mike

I change the bash script to be something simple like:

#!/bin/bash
touch testfile.txt

Ran it by hand, it created the file. I deleted the file, tried running it by the remote and no testfile.txt hmmm

Did you make sure that irexec is running and nothing else is using that button?

Is Irexec running as user mythtv, and are you editing the correct version of lircrc?

For irexec, i think i need to edit /home/mythtv/.lircrc. I actually sym link it to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc

Hope this helps.

irexec is running as mythtv

nothing else is using that button

I have the symlink in place already.

I thought about the reboot and tried that too, but that didn't change anything.

It looks like it should work!