[ATrpms-users] Fedora 8 and lirc

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Nov 18, 2007 6:40 PM, Marvin Match <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:

> On 17 Nov 2007 at 4:20, Nick Morrott wrote:
>
> > On 17/11/2007, Marvin Match <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:
> > > Using Fedora 8 x86 64, Athlon 64 on an nVidia-based MOBO, I did this,
> > > which is right out of Jarod's Myth(tv)ology guide:
> > >
> > > # yum -y install lirc-kmdl-$KVER
> > > # yum -y install lirc
> > >
> > > Which installed 3 files, no errors messages.
> > >
> > > Then added these lines to /etc/modprobe.conf, since I'm using a
> > > serial reciever on the first serial port:
> > >
> > > alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
> > > options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> > > install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none ;\
> > >     /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_serial
> > >
> > > then tried to start it with:
> > >
> > > # /sbin/service lircd start
> > >
> > > I got no OK's and the only messages in /var/messages that relate to
> > > lirc say that yum installed it. /usr/bin/irw won't run, says "no such
> > > file or directory" and sure enough, I can't find it there or anywhere
> > > else.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> >
> > Have you run
> >
> > # modprobe lirc_serial
> >
> > to load the LIRC modules before starting lircd?
>
> I have now... no difference. Before my initial "request for help" on
> this list I had downloaded and run Jarod's lirc.modules script, which
>
> should have loaded any modules in /etc/modprobe.conf
>
> I can't tell if the module is loading or not, and I can't test it
> because I have no /usr/bin/irw


/usr/bin/irw comes from this package:

lirc-0.8.3-73_cvs20071109.fc8

Also,

lsmod | grep module_name

will tell you if the module is loaded or not.

Are you sure you are using ATrpms packages?

What does

rpm -qa | grep lirc

return to you?

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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