[ATrpms-users] lirc not working with kernel 2.6.22 and Leadtek Winfast 2000XP

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On 11/6/07, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <atrpms at kosowsky.org> wrote:
>
> Axel Thimm wrote at about 16:44:46 +0200 on Tuesday, November 6, 2007:
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 09:37:55AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> > > Before kernel 2.6.22, I was successfully using lirc 0.8.2 and the
> > > lirc_gpio kernel module to run lirc using my Leadtek Winfast 2000XP
> > > Deluxe ir controller and remote.
> > >
> > > Apparently, some change in kernel 2.6.22 broke the lirc_gpio kernel
> > > module. Specifically, when I try to load it, I get the error message:
> > >
> > > FATAL: Error inserting lirc_gpio
> > > (/lib/modules/2.6.22.9-61.fc6/updates/drivers/lirc/lirc_gpio.ko):
> > > Operation not permitted
> > >
> > > So, then I tried to use the newer method using the /proc/bus/input
> > > drivers.
> > >
> > > Specifically, I now start lircd using:
> > >     lircd -H dev/input -d name="bttv IR (card=34)"
> > >
> > > So far, everything seems to work in that I get the following syslog
> > > messages:
> > >      lircd-0.8.3-CVS[17684]: lircd(userspace) ready
> > > (note: I upgraded to lirc-0.8.3 too)
> > >
> > > However, none of the clients I run seem to work now. For example, when
> > > I run 'irw', I get no response.
> > >
> > > Note that according to the syslog, things seem to be working fine
> > > since I get the following messages when starting a lirc client
> > >      lircd-0.8.3-CVS[17684]: accepted new client on/dev/lircd
> > >      lircd-0.8.3-CVS[17684]: initializing'name=bttv IR (card=34)'
> > >
> > > and when closing the client:
> > >      lircd-0.8.3-CVS[17684]: removed client
> > >      lircd-0.8.3-CVS[17684]: closing '/dev/input/event3'
> > >
> > >
> > > I also tried running irrecord as follows:
> > >   irrecord -H dev/input -d name="bttv IR (card=34)" myfile
> > >
> > > However, I get the following error message:
> > >    irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
> > >    irrecord: closing '/dev/input/event3'
> > >
> > > - Any ideas on what is going wrong and how to fix it?
> >
> > Yes, you actually gave a good description of the issue: lirc_gpio is
> > broken on >= 2.6.22.
>
> Any idea on why I can't get the /dev/input method to work? i.e., is it
> really a hardware limitation specific to my ir controller/remote or is
> there a (potential) software or configuration fix?



I have been using this method for a couple of years without any problem.
But I cannot say if it will work for your remote.

I use two configuration files (you have to change for your pci capture card
identification):

 [lua:~/RPMS6/atrpms] more /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules
KERNEL=="event*",
SYSFS{modalias}=="pci:v00008086d0000244Esv00000000sd00000000bc06sc04i00",
SYMLINK+="input/lirc"
[lua:~/RPMS6/atrpms] more /etc/sysconfig/lircd
# Options to lircd
LIRCD_OPTIONS="-H dev/input -d /dev/input/lirc"

It is also necessary to recreate your remote codes.

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.atrpms.net/pipermail/atrpms-users/attachments/20071106/346981e6/attachment-0001.html