Re: Remote thinks its a keyboard!!??!!

[Nick M. <kno...@gm...>]

On 14/09/2008, Chris Grove <dj_...@ti...> wrote:
> Hi again Nick, Right I've just tried what you suggested, and have come up
>  with this for the config:
>
>  LIRC_DRIVER=dev/input
>  LIRC_DEVICE=/dev/input/mouse0
>  LIRC_MODULES="lirc_mceusb2"
>
>  And the response I've got is this:
>
>  cat /var/log/lircd
>  Jun 22 08:02:54 geexbox lircd: lircd(all) ready
>  Jun 22 08:02:55 geexbox lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
>  Jun 22 08:02:55 geexbox lircd: initializing '/dev/input/mouse0'
>  Jun 22 08:02:55 geexbox lircd: WARNING: can't get exclusive access to events
>  comming from `/dev/input/mouse0' interface
>  Jun 22 08:02:55 geexbox lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd

Seems like something else is using /dev/input/mouse0. I don't think
dev/input is the correct driver for this device though - see below (I
could be wrong though :) )

>  Now if I'm reading this right, that suggests all is well, now all I've got
>  to do is work out whether the lirc_module is getting and giving the right
>  inputs/outputs.

If the device creates /dev/input events when detected or drivers are
loaded, you can use the dev/input driver. If the device is supported
by a specific LIRC module, it should create /dev/lirc entries when the
driver is loaded.

My apologies if this is a MCE-style USB receiver/blaster (I see you
are loading the lirc_mceusb2 driver).

Keyboards and other input devices (including IR receivers on some TV
cards) typically create /dev/input devices, like /dev/input/event0. It
should not matter if you do not have a keyboard connected to the
machine, as long as the correct devices is specified. I do not have
such a receiver, so I can't offer any speific advice, just the way
'most LIRC things work'.

Do you have a /dev/lirc0 device created when the lirc_mceusb2 module
is loaded with your original config using the default driver?

# ls -l /dev/lirc*

You should get a LIRC device(s) created when the module loads,
typically /dev/lirc0 and a symlink to /dev/lirc. If these aren't
getting created, you will have to determine why not. Any relevant
syslog output pointing to LIRC? It could also be specific to your
particular distributions configuration.

Please keep the discussion on-list in case it can help other users.

Nick

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