RE: Unable to get running on Mandrake 9.0 - Plz help

[Edward W. <Edward.Wildgoose@FRMHedge.com>]

I'm not a LIRC expert, but it appears that you set the device to be =
/dev/lirc/serial, then you did a mknod /dev/lirc.  Isn't that going to =
cause problems?

I am using devfs on gentoo, so things work slightly differently anyway.

Sorry if I am way off track here.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jarrett [mailto:ja...@rp...]
Sent: 26 March 2003 04:44
To: lir...@li...
Subject: Re: Unable to get running on Mandrake 9.0 - Plz help=20


I've been trying to also get LIRC running on Mandrake.
I am using a Packard Bell receiver/remote.

I have installed the RPMs, edited /etc/sysconfig/lircd as follows:
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DRIVER=3Ddefault

HWMOD=3Dlirc_serial

DEVICE=3D/dev/lirc/serial

COM_PORT=3D/dev/ttyS0
DRIVER_OPTS=3D"irq=3D4 io=3D0x3f8"
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I did :
mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0

And for good measure,
chmod 666 /dev/lirc

I do:

setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none

I then run /etc/init.d/lircd start, and it says it starts.
/var/log/messages shows:
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lircd-0.6.5[2199]: lircd(any) ready
lircd: lircd startup succeeded
kernel: lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
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When I run mode2, I get :

mode2: error opening /dev/lirc
mode2: No such device

When I run irrecord, I get:
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running? --> close it, check
permissions)

In /var/log/messages, it also says:
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irrecord: could not open /dev/lirc
irrecord: default_init(): No such device
--------------------------------

HELP!

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