[ATrpms-users] Fedora 8 and lirc

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Nov 18, 2007 8:53 PM, Marvin Match <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Lirc only starts if you  have a valid /etc/lircd.conf.

>From your first message, you should have one from a previous installation,
right?

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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