[ATrpms-users] lirc not working on CentOS 5.1

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Jean-Yves Avenard wrote at about 18:34:30 +1100 on Thursday, January 24, 2008:
 > Hi
 > 
 > 
 > On Jan 24, 2008 4:54 PM, David Hobley <davidh at sharpblue.org> wrote:
 > > With /dev/lircd.conf starting with (I haven't included the whole thing unless someone needs to see it):
 > > #
 > > # this config file was automatically generated
 > > # using lirc-0.7.1pre2(imon) on Tue Mar  1 23:15:44 2005
 > > #
 > > # contributed by Venky Raju
 > > #
 > > # brand:                       iMON-New
 > > # model no. of remote control: iMON-PAD
 > > # devices being controlled by this remote:
 > > #
 > 
 > Talking from my experience with lirc.
 > I do not have a /dev/lirc device.
 > The IR port shows on my DVB-T card and appears as /dev/input/eventX
 > 
 > I have three DVB-T cards in my HTPC, so the X in the /dev/input/eventX
 > keeps changing. As such I have created a udev entry in
 > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules with
 > ID=="input*", BUS=="input", SYSFS{name}=="cx88 IR (digitalnow DNTV
 > Live! ", SYMLINK+="irremote"
 > 
 > as the DVB-T card I want to use is a CX88 card. This will create a
 > /dev/irremote as a link to the proper /dev/input/eventX. Making it
 > easier for future usage.
 > 
 > Then I've configured lirc in /etc/sysconfig/lirc as:
 > LIRCD_OPTIONS="-H dev/input -d /dev/irremote"
 > 

You know that if this is the only place that you need to reference the
card then you don't necessarily have to use udev to create a known
link.

You can use:
LIRCD_OPTIONS="-H dev/input -d name="cx88 IR (digitalnow DNTV Live! "

I prefer this method because it keeps my system more pristine in that
I don't have to play around with udev (and remember to change it every
time I upgrade).

 > # If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
 > ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"
 > 
 > # Options to lircmd(8).
 > LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""
 > 
 > 
 > ---
 > 
 > And I'm running the lircd process at boot time.
 > 
 > This works well in my case.
 > 
 > I suspect that your IR port just shows up as a /dev/input/event entry
 > just the same.
 > 
 > Look in the dmesg.
 > All my DVB-T adapters have an IR interface.
 > You see message like this in dmesg:
 > 
 > input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input2
 > ...
 > input: cx88 IR (digitalnow DNTV Live!  as /class/input/input3
 > ...
 > input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input4
 > 
 > If that's the case, you will need to run lircd like I did and modify
 > the /etc/sysconfig/lirc configuration accordingly.
 > 
 > The /etc/lircd.conf is only used to match a code name to an IR signal,
 > it doesn't define in anyway how the IR port is configured or where to
 > find it.
 > 
 > Jean-Yves
 > 
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