Re: lirc and an xbox IR-remote...

[Kyle K. <doc...@gm...>]

If you dont have udev or devfs, either the install of the drivers
creates the device file or you do:

mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0

with the lirc_<your reciever> module installed, "61 lirc" should show
up in /proc/devices under Character devices.

You'll need write access for /dev as lircd will make itself a socket
On 7/25/06, Ryan Mac <ma...@gm...> wrote:
> I am new to linux && this list, so here it goes:
>
> My goals were to get a mythtv front-end installed on my xbox, which required
> me to use lirc. The Linux install and the mythtv install went OK, but when I
> tried to get my Microsoft-branded infra-red (the DVD kit) remote to work, I
> had problems.
>
> I am using kernel version 2.4.32, and I have xir and xpad compiled as
> modules. Since I am using a 2.4 kernel, I dont have UDEV support and being
> that I am a Linux noob, I'm not even sure how devices are created. I just
> thought when you loaded the modules, they would `listen` for a device and
> would set it up when inserted. Unfortunately, even though I see the modules
> successfully loading at boot, no lirc device is created.
>
> I am using gentoo on my xbox (gentoox home 5.0 -- thanks to shallax), and
> here is some output I thought would be relevant: http://pastebin.ca/98043
>
> If any other output would help you in diagnosing this problem, I will gladly
> provide it; if you think it would increase my chances of realizing what I
> have done wrong.
>
>
> Thanks for your help list,
> Ryan Mac
>
>
>
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