Hi there. thanks for the response. I tried that option as well. When I started VDR it did not give me the screen to setup my control. It instead skipped straight to showing a channel and it overlayed a large transparant grey square over most of the window. Remote still did not work. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe Gramoull?" <philippe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Problem with Remote Wonder and VDR :( > > Hello Chris, > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:39:37 -0000 > "Chris Miles" <chrismiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > | I have built and installed LIRC with the configure switch for the AT > Usb device. > | > | I have /dev/lircd and /dev/lirc0 - permissions are correct. > | > | I have a lircd.conf which is setup correctly for my remote control. > | > | lircd would not run because /dev/lirc did not exist so I just created a > symlink to lirc0 which works fine. > > You don't need /dev/lirc, at least here on a recent Debian : udev creates > /dev/lirc0 > which is the device you need to use. > > | > | I can execute lircd fine. > | > | irw executes as well and catches all the remote control presses so the > remote control is working fine. > | > | I am using VDR 1.3.38 which I made with make REMOTE=LIRC NO_KBG=1 > > Maybe it's a typo when writing this mail, but maybe not, so the right make > option is: > NO_KBD=1 , and not NO_KBG=1 > > | > | I then startup VDR and it wants to setup the RC unit... it does not > recognise any button presses. > | > | /var/log/syslog is still saying setting up KBD ??? > | > | Jan 17 02:36:18 localhost vdr[6413]: remote control KBD - learning keys > | Jan 17 02:36:18 localhost vdr[6413]: KBD remote control thread started > (pid=6413, tid=6422) > | > | I forced --lirc=/dev/lircd --no-kbd onto the command when I execute > vdr. > > On Debian , /dev/lircd is a socket , you need to use the character device, > which is /dev/lirc0 > So try --lirc=/dev/lirc0 --no-kbd > > | > | syslog now says > | > | Jan 17 02:24:57 localhost vdr[6367]: remote control LIRC - learning > keys > | Jan 17 02:24:57 localhost vdr[6367]: LIRC remote control thread started > (pid=6367, tid=6376) > | > | No other messages in the log but still not doing anything when I hit > keys on the remote :( > | > | any ideas folks?? > | > | Chris > > > Try out the suggested changes and let me know if it's better. > > Thanks, > > Philippe > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr >
