Hi,

I recently installed R5A12 on my 7NIF2. I ran the i686 install script with the "l" option (for Lirc). The remote dongle is plugged in and the IR receive is facing the remote.. Somehow this isn't working. Is there somthing else that I need to do?

Adrian

are you sure you have the grey remote and not the newer "silver" remote? there is a thread here somewhere with pictures to identify them, and instructions on how to get the silver remote working. just search for silver remote.

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I'm still not positive which remote I have. The model number is R808-HPG -- I've seen matching picture -- its the remote where the buttons with the four colors aren't along the bottom of the remote but rather the 4 colored buttons are around the cursor arrow keys

see this thread the silver remote is the top one the bottom one is the grey remote that works out of the box.

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... ver+remote

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definatly the bottom one (gray).. but its not working out of the box. Do i have to do anything else but install the i686 binary with the
"l" option for LIRC. also I re-checked the dongle connection

you have to get lircd running somehow. see the documentation for clues how to do that.

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I had same problem and adding /usr/local/sbin/lircd to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh fixed it.
Try adding it. Also check this link http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... lircd+boot

I appreciate all the helpful advice that has been generated throughout this forum. I have r5a12 running almost smoothly except my R808-HPG remote (although it is silver in color, it has the same button configuration as the grey remote) is not working. The remote worked great under r4xx, but doesn't want to play with the latest alpha. I see that I need to "get lircd running somehow" and that I should "add /usr/local/sbin/lircd to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh" but my knowledge of Linux is oh so pathetic. I have searched and found these links:

LIRC Howto:
http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/inde ... =LIRCHowTo

and of course sivasankar's suggestion of:
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... lircd+boot

Sadly for me the first link's directions scare me to death and I have the following questions about the following from the second link:

LIRC is still an issue, so you'll have to manually set it up:
If you have a PVR x50 make /etc/modprobe.d/lirc that looks like(may work for some):

alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c

or

alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
install lirc_dev /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_dev; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c

Add /usr/local/sbin/lircd to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh

Don't forget to update modules....

If this doesn't work for you, vi /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh and add:

modprobe lirc_i2c
/usr/local/sbin/lircd


I nano into /etc/modprobe.d/lirc and create
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c


Should this be the only thing in /etc/modprobe.d/lirc?

How do I update the modules? ANSWERED MY OWN --> RUN update-modules

If I have to vi into /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh and add

modprobe lirc_i2c
/usr/local/sbin/lircd

where do I input it?

Sorry for these most probably stupid questions,

Michael

thanks. Looks like the problem was with lircd.. All I did was add to my bootmisc.sh file as advised above. ..

"modprobe lirc_i2c
/usr/local/sbin/lircd "

then I just restarted and the remote works great! Thanks for your help

adrianbc,

where in bootmisc.sh did you add

"modprobe lirc_i2c
/usr/local/sbin/lircd" ?


I put it after:

then
chmod 666 /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]
chmod root:tty /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]
fi

sadly this did me no good.

I have tried both of the other solutions listed above and am again at a loss.

Michael

Michael,

I put those lines all the way at the bottom of the script. Also you have to restart the machine as this script is only run at boot time.

From your previous post it looks like you checked out some of the references which reccomend moving around all of the .lirc files etc... I didn't do that at all, so you probably want to restore everything to how it was after install.

In theory you should also be able to run these commands from the prompt to see if they make a difference <-- not sure but it might be worth giving it a shot.

I didn't try the Recompiling LIRC as suggested in the wiki. The only things that I have tried are the suggestions put forth in the "Death's Swagger" post. I tried both:

alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c

and

alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
install lirc_dev /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_dev; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c

/etc/modprobe.d/lirc looks like the latter now. It is the only thing in the file, is that correct??

I've updated the modules and added:

modprobe lirc_i2c
/usr/local/sbin/lircd

to /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh at the very end of the script. I updated modules after this as well. Does anyone have any suggestions where I can go from here?


Michael

Using the previous posts and HOWTOs, I have the ir module loaded and have lircd running. When I use irw I get the responses I should (Up says up, etc) so the hardware is good, but mythtv is not responding to any of the commands. Anything I might have missed?

R5A12
Silver HP remote on a PVR-350

during the install did you choose the option that you had an ir remote? if not the version of mythtv with lirc support did not get installed.

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Yeah, I had selected that.

I tried to find the individual component to restart (I figured something needed to be told to start using the now active remote) but I couldn't find it and ended up rebooting the whole machine.

Upon reboot, the remote worked perfectly. I will have to find out exactly what needed to be restarted later so that I can make adjustments to the buttons programming without having to restart the entire box. I know Linux is modular and granular enough to do this, I just don't know which component.