[ATrpms-users] Fedora 8 and lirc

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Nov 18, 2007 9:59 PM, Marvin Match <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:

> On 18 Nov 2007 at 21:12, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:>
> >
> > 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?
> >
> Hmmm... no, actually I didn't have one because I had intended to
> create it for a remote for which one does not exist. In prior
> configurations, I don't remember needing it just to get lircd to load
> and to test it with irw, it just won't actually do anything without
> the .conf file. Whatever, I'm getting old and my memory isn't what it
> used to be.
>

The program to do that is irrecord.


>
>
> Now I'm on to figure out what I did to kill sound...
>
>
F8...  check pulseaudio.

There is an interface where you can see all the streams

pavucontrol .

If nothing works disable pulseaudio. You do not need it.
When everything is working, you can give it a try again.

See my previous emails about the subject, and good luck.

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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