Re: LIRC - Failed to initialize hardware - Mac & IrDroid

[Joe D. <joe...@gm...>]

I've tried running through the install steps for Lirc 10.1 and got as far
as make...and then ran into this error.

cp: the -R and -r options may not be specified together.

And then the make process is halted.

I tried looking through the various Makefile files to see if I could spot
the incorrect cp command and fix it, but I could not find it.

Have you or anyone run into this issue installing on Mac before? I can't
believe I keep running into these wonky problems lol :-/

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:04 PM Bengt Martensson <bu...@be...>
wrote:

> On 2019-09-25 20:21, Joe Dugandzic wrote:
> > The firmware version on the IrDroid is v225
>
> Hmmm, interesting. The last "regular" version was 2.2 (written as 222,
> the first digit "2" is the hardware revision). The 2.3 never left test
> status (http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/index.php?topic=4024.0, see
> for example my posting (the last one)) and is not usable. 2.4 is an
> unofficial bugfix to 2.2. I have no idea was 2.5 is... Possibly your
> 'Droid even have a bootloader?
>
> (FYI, the IrDroid I bought perhaps 3 years ago came with 2.0)
> >
> > In anticipation of possibly needing to get a newer version of Lirc
> > running, I just uninstalled the version I had from MacPorts.
> >
> > I’ve downloaded v0.10.1 from source and I can try installing it. Do you
> > believe it should install ok on Mac without much trouble? Just run the
> > autogen, configure, make, make install ?
>
> It comes with instructions ;-). (Basically, yes.)
>
> Greetz,
>
> Bengt
>
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:06 AM Bengt Martensson
> > <bu...@be... <mailto:bu...@be...>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 2019-09-25 16:02, Joe Dugandzic wrote:
> >      > I’m happy to replace the IrDroid with something else. I purchased
> >     to last year without knowing all of these problems. I don’t really
> >     do hardware work myself, so I just need something that’s USB-based
> >     for my iMac.
> >
> >     I never said that it did not work. One of the possibilities is to use
> >     the current upstream Lirc, AFAIK it can cope with the IrDroid with FW
> >     2.0. BTW, what version do you have? (IrScrutinizer displays it, as
> does
> >     Lirc using higher logging levels).
> >
> >      > Anyways, a device that isn’t very expensive and is commercially
> >     available would be ideal. What would your personal recommendation be
> >     that I buy so that I can resolve these strange issues that I’m
> >     having with Lirc?
> >
> >     My favorite is my little project:
> >     http://www.harctoolbox.org/arduino_nano.html . Unfortunately it is
> not
> >     "commercially available" but requires both soldering and purchase of
> >     some components your local dealer does not stock...
> >
> >     Greetz,
> >
> >     Bengt
> >
>
>
>