ok. I have tried a different approach now. I have uninstalled lirc (I am using FC4, and was just using lirc as it came, and using yum/smart to maintain it). I have installed lirc from source (I think thats how you say it), ensuring when I run the ./setup thing, that I selected the option driver:devinput. I have modified my /etc/sysconfig/lircd file as outlined on http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVICO-Ultraview_Install_in_Australia#LIRC I start the lircd thingo with the command: "lircd -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event6" I then start irrecord with the command "irrecord -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event6" Upon which I am told that I dont have permission to acces /dev/input/event6. Which, upon checking, I dont. I switch to the root user, and the message is much more promising, and it tells me to hold down an arbitary button. I do so, and eventually get: irrecord: gap not found, can't continue irrecord: closing '/dev/input/event6' Now I'm stumped. I dont know what else to try. Can anyone tell me what I've done wrong? On 6/29/06, Shanon Mulley <shanonmulleyster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I did consider that - that my input number thing was changing after a reboot, but no, it was always 6 (and I guessed I'd have to check this if I ever unplugged something). I dont beleive that this is the problem I'm having right now - I think I'm doing something else fundamentally wrong. Maybe once I sort these issues out, I'll think about applying this patch. But I'm thinking if I do it now, it will just introduce another unknown variable into my problem solving. (It isnt working at the moment - how will I know if I applied the patch wrong, and broke lirc completely?). Thanks for the link though. On 6/29/06, Darren Salt <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I demand that Nick Rolfe may or may not have written... > > [snip] > > "lircd -n --device=/dev/input/eventX" where X is the same X in the dmesg > > line: > > > input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/inputX > > > For me, X = 2. > > That's "currently equals". > > You may need custom udev rules or a lirc patch (see URL below) to be able to > find the correct device every time (given >= two identical devices) - and I > wouldn't like to guarantee that for USB... > > <URL:http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305444&aid=1434830&group_id=5444> > > (And if you find the patch useful, it'd help to say so there.) > > -- > | Darren Salt | linux or ds at | nr. Ashington, | Toon > | RISC OS, Linux | youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army > | + Buy local produce. Try to walk or cycle. TRANSPORT CAUSES GLOBAL WARMING. > > You have the power to influence all with whom you come in contact. > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >
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