Re: Problems with Lirc on a PixelView PlayTV Pro (bt878)

[Eli C. <zy...@ve...>]

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:12:37 -0300 | Luis Felipe Strano Moraes <lui...@gm...>

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to configure lirc here on my playtv pro, but I'm having problems.
> I'm running Gentoo, using vanilla kernel 2.6.11.11. After installing lirc 0.7.1,
> loading the module (lirc_i2c) and running /etc/init.d/lircd start , I have the
> following files on /dev :
> 
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 61, 0 Jun 20 19:58 lirc
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 61, 0 Jun 20 19:58 lirc0
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Jun 23 15:09 lircd
> 
> I try to run irw, but it just exits. When I try to run it again, I get
> this message:
> connect: Connection refused
> 
> And this is what I have on my log :
> 
> Jun 23 15:08:19 [lircd-0.7.1] lircd(pixelview_bt878) ready
> Jun 23 15:08:43 [lircd-0.7.1] accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Jun 23 15:08:43 [lircd-0.7.1] could not open /dev/lirc0
> Jun 23 15:08:43 [lircd-0.7.1] default_init(): No such device_
> Jun 23 15:08:43 [lircd-0.7.1] caught signal
> 
> The first line is when I run /etc/init.d/lircd start, and the others are
> when I try to run irw. Lircd closes after that.
> 
> What might be happening ?? Is there something special on the kernel
> configuration that I'm missing ???
> 
> Thanks,
> --lf
> 
After getting the modules loaded properly, you really shouldn't have two lirc character
devices in /dev with 61,0.  Try unloading the modules first, then rm -rf /dev/lirc
mkdir /dev/lirc
mknod /dev/lirc/0 d 61 0
then modprobe the correct modules (lirc_gpio apparently) and 
lircd -d /dev/lirc/0
then test out irw.

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Thu:Jun:23:05
Eli Crumrine