Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: lirc
I am hoping this bug report has not been reported before but this seems
to be a pretty obvious one.
lirc was not doing anything for me in karmic my hardware.conf is :
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="''"
#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"
#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD="false"
#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="true"
# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""
#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""
# Receiver settings required by gnome-lirc-properties
RECEIVER_MODEL="Windows\ Media\ Center\ Remote"
RECEIVER_VENDOR="Microsoft"
# Remote settings required by gnome-lirc-properties
REMOTE_MODEL="TSGH-IR01"
REMOTE_VENDOR="HP"
but when starting irw was not giving me anything back, I have noticed
this in my syslog :
Nov 27 22:41:43 acer lircd-0.8.6[8702]: lircd(default) ready, using
/var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 27 22:41:50 acer lircd-0.8.6[8702]: caught signal
Nov 27 22:41:51 acer lircd-0.8.6[8758]: could not open config file ''''
Nov 27 22:41:51 acer lircd-0.8.6[8758]: No such file or directory
after some shell debugging it seems to be this part in the initscript :
143:REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=`build_remote_args $REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS`
when not defined it's passing REMOTE_LIRC_ARGS as the string '' (which
does not mean undefined) it really 2 single quote.
I then add at line 40 this :
[ $REMOTE_ARGS = \'\' ] && REMOTE_ARGS=""
which make it working :
chmo...@acer:/var/log$ irw
000000037ff07ba3 00 Green mceusb
000000037ff07ba3 00 Green mceusb
000000037ff07ba3 00 Green mceusb
^C
it probably need the same in TRANSMITTER but I don't have such thing to
test.
Let me know if you need any info or a proper patch.
** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Bugs in lirc init script
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489394
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