Re: Setup lirc 0.9.0 with Kernel 2.6.37: HowTo?

[Daniel S. <sp...@ho...>]

Am 10.12.2010 23:43, schrieb Jarod Wilson:
>
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Daniel Spannbauer wrote:
>
>> Am 08.12.2010 05:39, schrieb Jarod Wilson:
>>> On Dec 7, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Daniel Spannbauer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 07.12.2010 19:30, schrieb Jarod Wilson:
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Daniel Spannbauer<sp...@ho...>    wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is there anywhere a Howto to get lirc-0.9.0 working with the
>>>>>> Staging-lirc-modules in 2.6.37?
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you  mean? Assuming you've got it built and installed, it Just
>>>>> Works here...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, when I configure the lirc with ./configure and choose my Soundgraph
>>>> IR/LCD, all the "old" drivers are configured and it gives the Message
>>>> "You will have to use the lirc_imon kernel module.".
>>>>
>>>> But I think I have to use the module "imon" (which is in the
>>>> staging-Part of the kernel) and not lirc_imon.
>>>>
>>>> What ist the right way to get lirc to work with the staging-Modules?
>>>
>>> ./configure --with-driver=userspace is what I use for the Fedora
>>> packages, which use kernel-package-provided lirc drivers from staging.
>>
>> Ok, compiled it that way and loaded "imon".
>> I startet lircd as I did with the 0.8.7.
>> "/usr/local/sbin/lircd --nodaemon --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd
>> --device=/dev/lirc0", but the device /dev/lirc0 is not existing.
>>
>> Do I have to create it with a udev-rule or do I have to use a other device?
>
> The imon driver is a pure input layer driver, there is no /dev/lircX.
> To use it with lircd, you need to use the devinput driver, attaching
> to the imon device's event node under /dev/input/eventX (or even
> better, to the appropriate symlink in /dev/input/by-id/, as it should
> remain constant, while X may vary in eventX, depending on what is
> plugged into your system).
>
Ok, Now I've started lirc with:
/usr/local/sbin/lircd --nodaemon --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd 
--driver=devinput --device=/dev/input/by-id/usb-15c2_0038-event-mouse

On a second console I started a irw, but it shows nothing when I push a 
button.

Sorry, I'm new in lirc, so please be patient.

Regards

Daniel