Bingo, Todd- Thanks a million! Here are the steps I took, for the benefit of others... 1. I removed all of the lirc references from my modprobe.conf file 2. I edited one line in /etc/init.d/lircd (approximately the 10th line) I replaced the line: daemon lircd $LIRCD_OPTIONS With: daemon lircd --driver=mp3anywhere --device=/dev/ttyS0 Everything works perfectly now. This was a real doozie. I spent several days trying to figure this one out. Jarod's guide is pretty confusing on this point. It reads to me that any device plugged into the serial port needs to have lirc_serial in the modprobe.conf file. This is absolutely not true. That said, Jarod's guide is a life saver! -----Original Message from Todd Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>----- J. Scott wrote:
> I am pulling my hair out over lirc! This is my third mythTV install- > you'd think I'd have it down by now, but for some reason I can't get > it working. I've googled everything I can think of, but couldn't find > my answer. > > My system: > Athlon 2500+ > Biostar nvidia based mobo > 256mb ram > 160gb hard drive > Onboard audio and video > Fedora Core 3 > MythTV Suite 0.17 > > X10 mp3anywhere RF remote- receiver plugs into serial port and is > supported by lirc. > > My system crashed a week ago when I rebooted it without shutting down. > I figured this was a good a time as any to do a fresh install and > upgrade to FC3 from FC1. I formated the hard drive and did a totally > clean install. None of my hardware has changed, and was working > perfectly under mythTV 0.16 and FC1. > > I have followed Jarod's install guide to the letter, but I can't get > past the LIRC setup. I downloaded and installed the packages via > apt-get, and lircd seems to be running fine. When I run IRW or mode2, > I don't get any output, though. The programs run fine, waiting at a > blank prompt until I hit ^c, but there is no response from the remote. > I have several of these remotes and have tried all of them with fresh > batteries, but no output. > > I've attached all the information I can think of that might be > helpful, including the directory of my /dev folder, my modprobe.conf > file, and output from lsmod and dmesg. If there is anything else that > might be helpful, let me know. > > I'm a relative linux newbie, but have a good many hours under my belt > doing these mythTV installs. If anyone has any tips for me, I would > sincerely appreciate them!!! > This sounds like what happened to me. I was trying to use the Sigma Designs remote that came with my MPEG2 decoder card. I don't use the card any more but it has a nice remote that plugs into the serial port. What I found out is that my remote doesn't need the lirc_serial driver. I took all of the lirc entries out of my modprobe.conf. Then I edited the /etc/init.d/lircd file so that lircd ran with the "--driver=pixelview --device=/dev/ttyS0" options instead of $LIRCD_OPTIONS because I didn't know where $LIRCD_OPTIONS got set. I expect your remote would use a different driver and if it were plugged into COM2 you would use /dev/ttyS1. I guess the lirc_serial driver is mainly for homebrew recievers.
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