[ATrpms-users] Fedora 8 and lirc

[Marvin Match]

On 18 Nov 2007 at 20:38, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
 
> 
> On Nov 18, 2007 8:16 PM, Marvin Match <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:
>     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
> 
> Remove lirc-08.2.2.fc8. It is not from ATrpms.

Done.

No difference.

Marvin