[ATrpms-users] Fedora 8 and lirc

[Marvin Match]

On 18 Nov 2007 at 19:09, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:

> 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

I'm pretty sure this package was installed, but I removed all lirc 
files I could find and brought them in again with:

# yum -y install lirc-kmdl-$KVER
# yum -y install lirc

Anyway, now irw exists, but fails with:

Connect: No such file or directory
 
> Also,
> 
> lsmod | grep module_name

Returns:

lirc_serial
lirc_dev

> 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?

lirc-kmdl-2.6.23.1-49.fc8-0.8.3.73_cvs20071109.fc8
lirc-0.8.3.73_cvs20071109.fc8
lirc-devices-0.8-4.fc8
lirc-08.2.2.fc8
lirc-lib-0.8.3-73_cvs20071109.fc8

Thanks,
Marvin