Re: Upgrade from lirc0.7.1. to lirc0.8.1 has caused breakage (USB-UIRT)

[Graeme M. <gra...@gm...>]

Well, I got my gf to press some buttons on the remote, but I don't see
anything in /var/log/lircd to suggest anything happened.

However, I did get irsend to work, which I have never been able to do
before, so progress has been made.

I'm going to try to get irsend to control my newly installed Sky box. This
may save me =A350 if it works. That's how much a USB sky box controller fro=
m
these guys costs  http://www.dusky-control.com/

On 1/29/07, Graeme McClinton <gra...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I am now even more confused! I've never heard of UIR mode. I will try wha=
t
> you suggest, you should know how it works, after all.
>
> I thought the config file for the mce remote would also require you to us=
e
> the associated mce receiver, which I don't have.
>
> I'm at work at the moment, I have ssh access to my box, so I can try
> different config files, but I have difficulty pressing remote buttons fro=
m
> here to test if it works!
>
> I could mail my gf at home to try pressing some buttons.
>
> Fingers crossed!!
>
> On 29 Jan 2007 14:01:00 +0100, Christoph Bartelmus <li...@ba...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Graeme McClinton "gra...@gm... " wrote:
> >
> > > I have a config file that worked perfectly with 0.7.1, and I am told
> > that
> > > should work with 0.8.1. To my knowledge, there are no existing config
> > files
> > > for a USB-UIRT + random remote.
> > >
> > > Did you see my post where I included a part of /var/log/lircd? Maybe
> > you
> > > could suggest a course of action based on the errors in there.
> >
> > The suggestion is:
> > Use the --force option or just use the existing config file for your
> > remote from lirc.org.
> > You probably used the USB-UIRT in UIR mode which requires a different
> > type of config file.
> > A MCE remote is nothing I would call random:
> > http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb
> >
> > Christoph
> >
> >
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No, no, you see the rules of language are purely arbitrary stodgy
ivory-tower crap we doesn't have to worried aboard because everytime histor=
y
on you rebendible sausage mountain.