Does lircd die when you attempt to run irw?  In my case, that is
what was happening.

Try this out.

/sbin/service lircd restart
tail -20 /var/log/messages
/usr/bin/irw
tail -20 /var/log/messages

What is the error message (if any) from trying to run irw?


--- Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> kernel 2.6.9, device is created when the lirc_dev module
> loads, using udev.
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     5 Dec 16 08:12 lirc -> lirc0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 61, 0 Dec 16 00:50 lirc0
> 
> I'm assuming that the device is not configured correctly
> (there's a
> possibility that it's not receiving anything, I guess, but
> it's a new
> remote with new batteries. I'll bring my meter home from work
> and
> check the batteries just to make sure)
> 
> From my previous email, you can see that it *looks* like it's
> configured correctly - it just isn't working for whatever
> reason.
> 
> kernel log:
> Dec 16 00:50:49 [kernel] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver
> registered, at major 61
> Dec 16 00:50:54 [kernel] bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
> Dec 16 00:50:54 [kernel] lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18
> (Hauppauge IR)
> Dec 16 00:50:54 [kernel] ivtv: i2c attach [client=Hauppauge
> IR,ok]
> Dec 16 00:50:54 [kernel] lirc_dev:
> lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10
> 
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:40:16 +0100, Nick Rosier
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What kernel are you running? 2.4 or 2.6. Did you create the
> device
> > yourself or are you using devfsd?
> > I've got my lirc-device in /dev/lirc/0
> > 
> > # ls -l /dev/lirc/0
> > crw-------  1 root root 61, 0 Jan  1  1970 /dev/lirc/0
> > 
> > Does your device have major-number 61?
> > If strace is not showing anything then the device is not
> receiving
> > anything or is not configured correctly.
> 
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