Re: Ready to give up on lirc

[Hal <sou...@ha...>]

> Have you tried mode2 with different device parameters?
>
> mode2 --device=/dev/lirc
> mode2 --device=/dev/lirc/0
> mode2 --device=/dev/lirc0
>

I have tried 'mode2 -d /dev/lirc/0' to bypass the softlink, with no 
affect. 'mode2 -d /dev/lirc' gives a "Not a character device" error.

>> I also tried after the modprobes
>>
>> cd /dev
>> mv lirc lircd
>> ln -s lircd/0 lirc
>
> This makes no sense. You should not need to symlink except possibly 
> for ease (ie /dev/lirc0 symm'ed by /dev/lirc ) But you cannot symlink 
> UP..
>
> The second line renames dev/licc to /dev/lircd ....Why?
>
> The third line makes a symlink from lircd/0 (where did THAT come from: 
> was it the /dev/lirc you just renamed, with a subfolder /o??) to 
> lirc..WHY?
>
> Trash this stuff.
>
No, no, this is just something I went ahead and tried since your last 
message. It was the only way to have the device addressed at /dev/lirc 
instead of /dev/lirc0. And predictably it did *not* help.


>> so that /dev/lirc would be the device. No joy.
>
>
> What DID you have in the first place?
>

The softlink /dev/lirc0 points to /dev/lirc/0.

> So try 'mode2 --=device=/dev/lirc/0'
>

As I said, I have tried mode2 -d /dev/lirc/0.

See why I'm ready give it up?

Hal