I am having some problems getting lirc to work with my mythtv install. I have installed lirc (0.7.1), but it doesn't seem to do anything. The lircd and lircmd daemons are running, so that looks good. I also created a conf file in /etc/lircd.conf. I am using a serial port IR receiver and transmitter (from http://www.irblaster.info/). I have also modified the lircd.conf file to use the default driver, and
HWMOD=lirc-dev
HXMOD=lirc-i2c

lircd and lircmd is running, I think! I am using a generic X10 remote control, that I am prepared to modify the config file for.
I think I am supposed to be able to run 'irw' and see some output on the screen. However, when I run the command, I usually get 'Connection refused'. Not sure why I 'usually' get this, but I guess something else is using the resource.
However, no matter what buttons I press, nothing seems to be happening.

Is there a step that I am missing here?

Please help!

Do you have any /dev/lirc* devices? What is the output of 'lsmod | grep lirc'?

This is the output of 'lsmod | grep lird'

lirc_serial 11712 0
lirc_dev 11812 1 lirc_serial

What are those, the IR transmitter and/or receiver?

Thanks for the quick reply

Are there are lirc* devices in /dev? There should be but it's always nice to check. Yes, those modules are the receiver, lirc_dev is the core module and lirc_serial is the interface specifically for your device. I have lirc_dev and lirc_streamzap loaded for example

If you do in fact have /dev/lirc0 or /dev/lirc/0 or something similar (not /dev/lircd) then try entering this and then press some buttons on the remote, see ifanything gets dumped to your terminal.
If you get a permissions error just chmod the device node to 666

Yes, I 3 lirc files in /dev/:
/dev/lirc/
There is just one file '0' in this directory.
I also have a lircd file. This is strange, cause it says that even as root I can't open the file! Not sure what's in this file.
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 19 10:27 lircd=
I also have:
prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 19 10:28 lircm|
Not sure why there is just a vertical bar there instead of a number or something.


Nothing is dumped when I
$cat /dev/lirc/0

Thank you for your help!

If nothing turns up on your terminal when you're pushing buttons on the remote, then you have a problem. Try lirc-0.8 to see if you have and more luck with the newer version. I also found I had far more success with LIRC when I compiled it myself, I don't know how you installed 0.7.1 but compiling 0.8 may make all the difference

Thanks.

I don't remember how I installed it, but I will try to upgrade it when I get home. Do you have any recommendations on what I need to remove so I don't get any conflicts when I upgrade to 0.8?

Thanks

If I try to remove lirc, I get a message that a bunch of other stuff has to be deleted:

Because of their dependencies, the following package(s) also need to be
removed:

acidrip-0.14-2mdk, liblirc0-devel-0.7.1-5mdk, libmyth0.18-0.18.2-0.7467.1.1.20060plf,
libmyth0.18-devel-0.18.2-0.7467.1.1.20060plf, lirc-0.7.1-5mdk,
lirc-remotes-0.6.6-4mdk, mencoder-1.0-1.pre7.12plf,
mplayer-1.0-1.pre7.12mdk, mplayer-fonts-1.1-0.lvn.3.2,
mplayer-gui-1.0-1.pre7.12mdk, mythbrowser-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf,
mythcontrols-0.18.1-20050620.3plf, mythdvd-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf,
mythgallery-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf, mythgame-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf,
mythmkmovie-1.1.3-3plf, mythmusic-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf,
mythnews-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf, mythphone-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf,
myththemes-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf, mythtv-backend-0.18.2-0.7467.1.1.20060plf,
mythtv-frontend-0.18.2-0.7467.1.1.20060plf, mythtv-setup-0.18.2-0.7467.1.1.20060plf,
mythtv-theme-gant-0.20031201-2plf, mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-2plf,
mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2plf, mythtv-theme-visor-0.20031219-2plf,
mythvideo-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf, mythweather-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf,
mythweb-0.18.2-0.7468.0.1.20060plf, python-lirc-0.0.4-2mdk,
totem-1.0.4-2mdk, xaw

I don't think I will do this since I spent a lot of time getting mythtv up and running.

Any other suggestions?

Hmm not really. Maybe you could use the source to make a 0.8 RPM and then just upgrade? Never really used an RPM distro to help with the procedure but it shouldn't be too hard.