Just wondering if this was maybe support was not compiled in? When I run the lirc config, it isn't listed, and when I change the hardware.conf in the /etc/lirc directory to DEVICE="imon" it says it doesn't support it. IIRC lirc imon support was present since v0.7.1 of lirc.

lsmod says lirc_imon is loaded but lircd doesn't support it? A very strange thing. I think I may need to recompile the CVS to get it to work, but I'd rather stick with what came with the R5F27 release if possible.

Ok I recompiled the binaries from the lirc cvs and now I have my remote running

FYI there is a missing header file in the R5F27 header files, so I downloaded the source to get the file:
/usr/linux/include/linux/i2c-id.h

In the R5F27 header directory it is a symbolic link to a file that doesn't exist.

Lurker:

Could you post what all you had to 'tweak' to get the remote to work? I've been tinkering around with the Imon VFD and Remote, but with the R5F27 update, I've found that the VFD is going south.

What log files did you see the error in about the lirc-imon module???

I and others on the board would welcome your input!

Well there was nothing to tweak, the compiled lircd did not have support for the imon remote so I had to recompile it. The VFD works with what came with R5F27 after I noticed my system wasn't seeing the VFD on the USB list (lsusb). As far as log files I really didn't look at them in this case. I basically ran the lircd daemon in nodaemon mode in an xterm so I could see what was happening.

So to fix the remote you need to download the 0.8.2 cvs source:


Then I needed to download the source code for the KnoppMyth Kernel because of the one missing header file. Look for the post regarding "How to get the source"

Now after you extract the sources (I put them both in /usr/src as root)
just go to the lirc directory and run the configure script, when it's done type make and it will compile the new files.

I did not use the automated install included in the makefile for lirc. I manually copied them over by hand because I wanted to keep the system as close to stock as possible. To do this I went into the deamons directory of the lirc compile, and looked at the executable files. I located them on the system (iirc the daemons lircd and lircmd are in /usr/sbin) and I copied over them. I do suggest you backup the ones included just in case but it's an optional step. I also copied over the tools (irw, irpty etc... iirc they are in /usr/bin).

Once you do that just check that lirc_imon is loaded using:


To test that the remote is working I'd just recommend you close the mythfrontend and stop the backend, it might not be necessary but I usually do it especially when testing something.

Now run lircd:


check to see it is really running:


now run irw in an XTerm and press the remote buttons. You should get some text back with each button press. If that works you are pretty much done, ctrl+c to stop irw and start the mythbackend and mythfrontend and the remote should be working now.

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Some problems I ran into:

1) When trying to get lircd to run initially I modified my /etc/lirc/hardware.conf file. I needed to change that back.

2) If irw quits out and when you check if lircd is running and it isn't there anymore, most likely there is an error in the hardware.conf file. For me the cause was the hardware.conf file wanted to use /dev/lirc but in my /dev directory I only had /dev/lirc0. Changing the line in the hardware.conf fixed that problem.

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As far as the VFD goes. What comes with R5F27 works with the imon VFD. My problem came from the fact that it couldn't see the vfd in the USB list (lsusb). I read the setup_vfd.sh script and noticed it was doing an lsusb to see if it could find the imon vfd. Since the script was just not doing anything, I ran lsusb in an xterm and noticed it didn't see it. I ended up having to reboot and check my bios settings because I also flashed my bios to the latest version when I did the R5F27 upgrade. The cause for me was that there was an incorrect setting (legacy USB = auto I changed to legacy USB = YES) and after that lsusb could find the imon vfd. So to fix the VFD I just re-ran the setup_imon.sh script and it set everything up and also started up the VFD. Restarted the myth backend and frontend and all was working again .

Please folks, just as a matter of enlightened self interest, try to get the versions right. It avoids confusion all the way around and makes you look like someone who it's worth taking the time to help.

After all, if you can't even be expected to get simple details like the version right what are the chances that you're going to report error messages accurately or follow directions effectively? Computers are dumb, literal, and just don't care. If someone tells you to type "rm -rf /*~", and you type "rm -rf /* ~" instead, the system will cheerfully bone you like salmon fillet. This is one of those places where details matter. A lot.

KnoppMyth version naming

Doh... Edited to R5F27... Sorry about that.

For anyone else who stumbles across this post, /usr/local/bin/setup_vfd.sh is deprecated and has been replaced by /usr/local/bin/vfd_install.sh (as of R5F27).