Re: [WinLIRC] LIRC failed to initialize

[Jim P. <ji...@jt...>]

> "LIRC failed to initialize. Would you like to change the configuration file
> an try again?" so I click "yes" and configure the settings in the window,
> but still it didn't work out. With COM2 happens the same thing.
> When choosing a configuration file and "learning" WinLIRC to work with my
> remote, it DOES get a signal, but after learning 10 times it does not get a
> consistent signal  :'-(
> Does anyone know if this is a hardware-problem (bad soldering-work, burned
> IC or something) or a software-problem (wrong settings)?

It sounds like WinLIRC is just having trouble dealing with your
remote.  Try using a different remote, or go to
http://www.lirc.org/remotes/ and download a premade configuration for
your remote.  The "learn" function often doesn't work.

-jim