Re: irsend: hardware does not support sending

[lautriv <la...@co...>]

On 10/21/2014 11:43 AM, 007GK wrote:
> Fwding to lirc-list
>
> On Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:03:16 UTC+5:30, 007GK wrote:
>
>     *Hi,
>
>     On Ubuntu 14 with redrat3-II, I am getting error "irsend: hardware
>     does not support sending".
>
>     I installed lirc,
>
>     1. sudo apt-get install lirc
>
>     2. Modified hardware.conf as:*
>     ================================================================================
>     # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
>     #
>     #Chosen Remote Control
>     REMOTE="None"
>     REMOTE_MODULES=""
>     REMOTE_DRIVER=""
>     REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
>     REMOTE_SOCKET=""
>     REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="/etc/lirc/lircd.conf"
>     REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
>     #Chosen IR Transmitter
>     TRANSMITTER="None"
>     TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
>     TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
>     TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
>     TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
>     TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="/etc/lirc/lircd.conf"
>     TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
>     #Enable lircd
>     START_LIRCD="true"
>
>     #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
>     #START_LIRCMD="false"
>
>     #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
>     LOAD_MODULES="true"
>
>     # Default configuration files for your hardware if any
>     LIRCMD_CONF=""
>
>     #Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
>     #If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
>     #that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
>     #frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
>     #It will then populate all other variables without any user input
>     #If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
>     #to leave this set to "false"
>     FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
>     START_LIRCMD=""
>
>     ==================================================================================
>     *
>     3. lircd.conf is populated with signals.
>
>     4. *irsend SEND_ONCE roku home
>     irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE roku home
>     irsend: hardware does not support sending
>
>     5. In syslog i find..
>
>     Oct 21 13:42:29 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: lircd(default) ready,
>     using /run/lirc/lircd
>     Oct 21 13:42:29 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: connected to localhost
>     Oct 21 13:42:29 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8342]: accepted new client from
>     127.0.0.1
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: accepted new client on
>     /run/lirc/lircd
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: could not open /dev/lirc0
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: *default_init(): Device
>     or resource busy*
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: Failed to initialize
>     hardware
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: error processing
>     command: SEND_ONCE roku home
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: hardware does not
>     support sending
>     Oct 21 13:42:34 ubuntu lircd-0.9.0[8344]: removed client
>     ^C
>
>     It is saying "Device or resource busy"
>
>     Has anyone faced this issue? how to resolve this?
>
>     Also has anyone tried building lirc from source?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Sneha
>
>
>
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You told the config more or less "no hardware, no modules" and maybe you 
tried the lirc even without rebooting or triggering udev ? if you miss 
/dev/lirc0 you have no driver(kernel-module) or it may be /dev/lirc/0 
but the latter is often symlinked.