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rocky007 [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:36 pm ]

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same problem

Hi. I am having the same problem with r5f1.
improtant to note that my pvr_150 blasters are working but the remote is not.
Please help!

When i run irw after executing lircd it kills lircd like so:

Code:

root@mythtv:/# lircd
root@mythtv:/# irw
root@mythtv:/# irw
connect: Connection refused
root@mythtv:/# lircd
root@mythtv:/# lircd
lircd: there seems to already be a lircd process with pid 4356
lircd: otherwise delete stale lockfile /var/run/lircd.pid

here is lsusb:

Code:

root@mythtv:/# lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0471:0815 Philips
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

here is my /etc/lirc/hardware.conf:

Code:

# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd
LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
START_LIRCMD=false

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=true

# Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.
DRIVER="default"
# If DEVICE is set to /dev/lirc and devfs is in use /dev/lirc/0 will be
# automatically used instead
DEVICE="/dev/usb/hiddev0"
MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb2 lirc_pvr150"

here is ps aux |grep lirc

Code:

root@mythtv:/# ps aux |grep lirc
root      3184  0.0  0.0   2832   624 ?        Ss   16:26   0:00 lircd --device=/dev/lirc1 --output=/dev/lircd1 --pidfile=/var/run/lircd1.pid
root      3186  0.0  0.0   2836   520 ?        Ss   16:26   0:00 lircd --device=/dev/lirc2 --output=/dev/lircd2 --pidfile=/var/run/lircd2.pid
root      3407  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    16:26   0:00 [lirc_pvr150]
root      3415  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    16:26   0:00 [lirc_pvr150]
root      4356  0.0  0.0   2836   520 ?        Ss   16:34   0:00 lircd
root      4399  0.0  0.0   1744   584 ttyp0    S+   16:36   0:00 grep lirc

here is ls -l /dev/lir*:

Code:

crw-rw---- 1 root video 61, 0 Aug  9 16:25 /dev/lirc0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 61, 1 Aug  9 16:26 /dev/lirc1
crw-rw---- 1 root video 61, 2 Aug  9 16:26 /dev/lirc2
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root      0 Aug  9 16:34 /dev/lircd
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root      0 Aug  9 16:26 /dev/lircd1
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root      0 Aug  9 16:26 /dev/lircd2

here is the remote portion of the /etc/lirc/lircd.conf:

Code:

begin remote

  name mceusb
  bits           16
  flags RC6|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  header       2667   889
  one           444   444
  zero          444   444
  pre_data_bits 21
  pre_data      0x37FF0
  gap          105000
  toggle_bit     22
  rc6_mask     0x100000000


      begin codes

        Blue    0x00007ba1
        Yellow  0x00007ba2
        Green   0x00007ba3
        Red     0x00007ba4
        Teletext        0x00007ba5

# starts at af
        Radio    0x00007baf
        Print    0x00007bb1
        Videos   0x00007bb5
        Pictures 0x00007bb6
        RecTV    0x00007bb7
        Music    0x00007bb8
        TV       0x00007bb9
# no ba - d8

        Guide    0x00007bd9
        LiveTV   0x00007bda
        DVD      0x00007bdb
        Back     0x00007bdc
        OK       0x00007bdd
        Right    0x00007bde
        Left     0x00007bdf
        Down     0x00007be0
        Up       0x00007be1

        Star       0x00007be2
        Hash       0x00007be3

        Replay   0x00007be4
        Skip     0x00007be5
        Stop     0x00007be6
        Pause    0x00007be7
        Record   0x00007be8
        Play     0x00007be9
        Rewind   0x00007bea
        Forward  0x00007beb
        ChanDown 0x00007bec
        ChanUp   0x00007bed
        VolDown  0x00007bee
        VolUp    0x00007bef
        More     0x00007bf0
        Mute     0x00007bf1
        Home     0x00007bf2
        Power    0x00007bf3
        Enter    0x00007bf4
        Clear    0x00007bf5
        Nine     0x00007bf6
        Eight    0x00007bf7
        Seven    0x00007bf8
        Six      0x00007bf9
        Five     0x00007bfa
        Four     0x00007bfb
        Three    0x00007bfc
        Two      0x00007bfd
        One      0x00007bfe
        Zero     0x00007bff
      end codes

end remote

Author:	kehaar23 [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:32 am ]
Post subject:	Getting MCEUSB Remote to work
I built my box for watching movies that I store on my computers. I do not have the PVR because currently I do not have a need for it. I decided that it would be really handy to have a remote so I could just not have to use the keyboard unless I was making configuration changes. Anyway, I can not seem to get this remote to work at all. I know that it works but I can't get it to do anything. I have tried like four different installation methods that I have found and nothing. I even completely redid my whole box from scratch and nothing. I can't even get it to do anything with irw. I don't know if I have the wrong driver or if I am just a f*ing idiot and am completely screwing it up. This is the remote that I have. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/images/d/d8/ ... -2-alt.jpg

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Author:	mjl [ Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:50 pm ]
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Hi, I have not made that one work either, nor have I tried very hard. Has that ugly button in the middle. The doggie bone shaped one with the 4 color buttons across the bottom works fine with the SMK usb receiver using the 150 with doggie bone selection with or without a tuner card. Mike

Author:	kehaar23 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:20 am ]
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I am new to linux and am a sucker for trying to solve a problem. Even if I never use it I am now determined to make it work at least one time before I throw it out the window.

Author:	bruce_s01 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:27 pm ]
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Firstly can your PC "see" the receiver by doing lsusb at the command prompt. Secondly, what is your /etc/lirc/hardware.conf that you are using? Is lirc actually running? ( ps aux \|grep lirc ) Has there been any lirc devices created ( ls -l /dev/lir* ) Is the /etc/lirc/lircd.conf correctly setup for your remote. It would be worthwhile pasting the results from the above. Bruce S.

Author:	kehaar23 [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:05 pm ]
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I have not gotten it to work yet. I found this webpage and am trying it now so I will let you know if it works for me. http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=LIRCHowTo[/url]

Author:	kehaar23 [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:10 pm ]
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Currently I am having this problem : configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See 'config.log' for more details

Author:	rocky007 [ Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:49 pm ]
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I get the same error while running configure.sh for lirc

Author:	kehaar23 [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:20 am ]
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rocky007 if irw is killing lircd it means all of your modules are not working correctly. I just found this out. I am going to completely uninstall lirc and do a clean install and see if that works. I will let you know if it works.

Author:	bruce_s01 [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:12 pm ]
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Have you seen this thread (which I reached from here)? Bruce S.

Author:	kehaar23 [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:38 pm ]
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Thanks I found two things that I had missed. The first one was with the configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See 'config.log' for more details. To fix this all I had to was "apt-get upgrade" after that finished I did not have that problem anymore. The second one I edited the /etc/lirc/hardware.conf file from Code: DEVICE="/dev/usb/hiddev0" MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb2" to: Code: DEVICE="/dev/lirc0" MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb2" The trick that kept screwing me up though was no symlink between these two files. After I did this everything worked fine. "ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc" The only problem is when you reboot you lose that symlink. With a little searching I found this to fix that problem. A nasty hack, but I just want it to work, added the following to /etc/init.d/lirc case "$1" in start) if [ "$LOAD_MODULES" = "true" ] && [ "$START_LIRCD" = "true" ]; then load_modules $MODULES fi if [ ! -e /dev/lirc ]; then echo "Creating link /dev/lirc0 -> /dev/lirc" ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc fi echo -n "Starting lirc daemon:" That was thanks to mlbuser. Hope this helps someone anyway!

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Author:	evilmex [ Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:51 pm ]
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kehaar23 wrote: Thanks I found two things that I had missed. The first one was with the configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See 'config.log' for more details. To fix this all I had to was "apt-get upgrade" after that finished I did not have that problem anymore. Is there anyway of fixing this error without using the apt-get upgrade?

Author:	kehaar23 [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:14 pm ]
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That was the only way that I found that would make it work but I am sure there are way more experienced users that could figure it out. I am still a novice with Linux so I am still stumbling my way through all of this.