[ATrpms-users] EL5: mythtv vs. lirc

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:01 AM, Marcel Telka <marcel at telka.sk> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 05:50:42AM -0300, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Marcel Telka <marcel at telka.sk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > After update of the lirc packages (to version 0.8.7) on my CentOS 5.5
> > > frontend the MythTV stopped to accept my remotes. I noticed the irw
> works
> > > correctly, so I assume the lirc API (in liblirc_client.so) somehow
> > > changed and mythtv is now unable to work correctly.
> > >
> > > Downgrade to previous version 0.8.4a helped.
> > >
> > > Is mythtv recompilation needed?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Hi,
> >
> > lircd 0.8.7 does not start unless one do as root:
> >
> > mkdir /var/run/lirc
>
> Hi Paulo,
>
> Yes. This was the first issue. I already fixed it. Without it the irw
> would not work. To be honest I didn't do the following:
>
> >
> > chcon -u system_u -t lircd_var_run_t /var/run/lirc
>

This is because of selinux, but rhel5 is different. The context is simply
var_run_t.


>
> But while irw worked for me I assume the issue is at the mythtv side
> now. Please note both irexec and irsend worked too, so I really suspect
> mythtv...
>

It is working for me on rhel5.

Please, check whether "Lirc Daemon Socket" is pointing to
/var/run/lirc/lircd in Setup -> General.

I remember that this has been changed in one of the newer lirc versions....


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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