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mythtv at michaelandholly

Jun 29, 2009, 7:01 PM

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Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25

I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's
having a problem.

I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in FC8 but
has subsequently broken.

I'm running:

FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10

I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and haven't
tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s

I've tried both yum pre packaged binaries and custom compling the LIRC
software with no changes (custom compile seems to have more problems
than yum prepackaged)

I've tried everything I can find with combinations of setserial,
modprobe etc commands with no improvements. LIRC loads just fine, but
won't recognize the remote at all in irw or irrecord.

I've tried multiple combinations of switching the serial port back and
forth.. switching the modprobe.conf options.. loading via
modprobe.conf.. nothing seems to work.

I've heard that you need to completely disable the serial driver in
FC10 for it to work.. How's this done?

The remote that I have is the mp3anywhere setup from X10.

Is there anyone with a similar (or identical) configuration? Is this
a known issue? Do I just need to wait until it's fixed, or should I
downgrade to a different version of the LIRC software?

I'm about at wits end with this.. and looking for some help. Thanks.

- Michael
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jarod at wilsonet

Jun 29, 2009, 8:24 PM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:

> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's
> having a problem.
>
> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in FC8
> but has subsequently broken.
>
> I'm running:
>
> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>
> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s

2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc 0.8.4a
for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the fact
lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the moment.
However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to test it out
on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed, I'll push a some
new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with links to it for testing.

...
> I've heard that you need to completely disable the serial driver in
> FC10 for it to work.. How's this done?

setserial /dev/ttySX uart none

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mythtv at michaelandholly

Jun 29, 2009, 8:25 PM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

Thanks Jarod! I'll stop beating my head against the wall.

On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>
>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's
>> having a problem.
>>
>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in FC8
>> but has subsequently broken.
>>
>> I'm running:
>>
>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>
>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>
> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc 0.8.4a
> for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the fact
> lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the moment.
> However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to test it
> out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed, I'll push
> a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with links to it
> for testing.
>

Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest at
greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.

> ...
>> I've heard that you need to completely disable the serial driver in
>> FC10 for it to work.. How's this done?
>
> setserial /dev/ttySX uart none

That's what I tried.. wasn't sure if that was the "trick", but seeing
as it's busted in the first place it would explain why it STILL didn't
work.

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>
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jarod at wilsonet

Jun 29, 2009, 9:57 PM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Jones wrote:

> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>
>>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's
>>> having a problem.
>>>
>>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in FC8
>>> but has subsequently broken.
>>>
>>> I'm running:
>>>
>>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>>
>>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
>>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>>
>> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc
>> 0.8.4a for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the
>> fact lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the
>> moment. However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to
>> test it out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed,
>> I'll push a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with
>> links to it for testing.
>>
>
> Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
> happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest at
> greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.

Okay, I've got it fixed locally. Working on patches now, will submit
some Fedora kernel builds for folks to test before I hit the sack,
should be ready by the time I wake up...

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jarod at wilsonet

Jun 30, 2009, 6:54 AM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 00:57 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>
> > On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> >
> >> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's
> >>> having a problem.
> >>>
> >>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in FC8
> >>> but has subsequently broken.
> >>>
> >>> I'm running:
> >>>
> >>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
> >>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
> >>>
> >>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
> >>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
> >>
> >> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc
> >> 0.8.4a for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the
> >> fact lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the
> >> moment. However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to
> >> test it out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed,
> >> I'll push a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with
> >> links to it for testing.
> >>
> >
> > Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
> > happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest at
> > greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.
>
>
> Okay, I've got it fixed locally. Working on patches now, will submit
> some Fedora kernel builds for folks to test before I hit the sack,
> should be ready by the time I wake up...

They're ready. I've personally tested the F11 build with the serial
receiver that came bundled with one of my AirStar HD-5000 cards, works a
treat there. The F10 patch is 100% identical, so that should work too...

http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/88.fc10/
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/206.fc11/

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mythtv at michaelandholly

Jul 1, 2009, 11:26 AM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

The patches listed are for Kernel 2.6.29. I am running Kernel 2.7.27.

I have attempted to locate the 2.6.29 Kernel with Yum and either don't
have the right repositories loaded, or it's not available? The only
one listed with a yum list or yum search is 2.6.27.

Any help would be appreciated.

- Michael

On Jun 30, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 00:57 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end that's
>>>>> having a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in FC8
>>>>> but has subsequently broken.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running:
>>>>>
>>>>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>>>>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
>>>>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>>>>
>>>> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc
>>>> 0.8.4a for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the
>>>> fact lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the
>>>> moment. However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to
>>>> test it out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed,
>>>> I'll push a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with
>>>> links to it for testing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
>>> happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest at
>>> greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.
>>
>>
>> Okay, I've got it fixed locally. Working on patches now, will submit
>> some Fedora kernel builds for folks to test before I hit the sack,
>> should be ready by the time I wake up...
>
> They're ready. I've personally tested the F11 build with the serial
> receiver that came bundled with one of my AirStar HD-5000 cards,
> works a
> treat there. The F10 patch is 100% identical, so that should work
> too...
>
> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/88.fc10/
> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/206.fc11/
>
>
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> jarod[at]wilsonet.com
>
>
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Jul 1, 2009, 2:27 PM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Michael Jones <mythtv[at]michaelandholly.com>
wrote:

> The patches listed are for Kernel 2.6.29. I am running Kernel 2.7.27.
>
> I have attempted to locate the 2.6.29 Kernel with Yum and either
> don't have the right repositories loaded, or it's not available?
> The only one listed with a yum list or yum search is 2.6.27.

They aren't yum-able (at least not yet). You have to pull them down
manually from the links I provided (straight off the build system,
more or less).

--jarod

> On Jun 30, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 00:57 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end
>>>>>> that's
>>>>>> having a problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in
>>>>>> FC8
>>>>>> but has subsequently broken.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>>>>>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
>>>>>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>>>>>
>>>>> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc
>>>>> 0.8.4a for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for the
>>>>> fact lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the
>>>>> moment. However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about to
>>>>> test it out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed,
>>>>> I'll push a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with
>>>>> links to it for testing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
>>>> happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest at
>>>> greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Okay, I've got it fixed locally. Working on patches now, will submit
>>> some Fedora kernel builds for folks to test before I hit the sack,
>>> should be ready by the time I wake up...
>>
>> They're ready. I've personally tested the F11 build with the serial
>> receiver that came bundled with one of my AirStar HD-5000 cards,
>> works a
>> treat there. The F10 patch is 100% identical, so that should work
>> too...
>>
>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/88.fc10/
>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/206.fc11/
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jarod Wilson
>> jarod[at]wilsonet.com
>>
>>
>>
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Jul 1, 2009, 11:39 PM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

I must have missed something.. the 2.6.29 kernel is not compatible
with the current nvidia-grahpics 185.18.14

:(

On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Michael Jones
> <mythtv[at]michaelandholly.com> wrote:
>
>> The patches listed are for Kernel 2.6.29. I am running Kernel 2.7.27.
>>
>> I have attempted to locate the 2.6.29 Kernel with Yum and either
>> don't have the right repositories loaded, or it's not available?
>> The only one listed with a yum list or yum search is 2.6.27.
>
> They aren't yum-able (at least not yet). You have to pull them down
> manually from the links I provided (straight off the build system,
> more or less).
>
> --jarod
>
>
>> On Jun 30, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 00:57 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end
>>>>>>> that's
>>>>>>> having a problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well in
>>>>>>> FC8
>>>>>>> but has subsequently broken.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm running:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>>>>>>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
>>>>>>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc
>>>>>> 0.8.4a for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> fact lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the
>>>>>> moment. However, I think I've finally got a fix for that, about
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> test it out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it fixed,
>>>>>> I'll push a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with
>>>>>> links to it for testing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
>>>>> happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the "latest
>>>>> at
>>>>> greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Okay, I've got it fixed locally. Working on patches now, will
>>>> submit
>>>> some Fedora kernel builds for folks to test before I hit the sack,
>>>> should be ready by the time I wake up...
>>>
>>> They're ready. I've personally tested the F11 build with the serial
>>> receiver that came bundled with one of my AirStar HD-5000 cards,
>>> works a
>>> treat there. The F10 patch is 100% identical, so that should work
>>> too...
>>>
>>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/88.fc10/
>>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/206.fc11/
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jarod Wilson
>>> jarod[at]wilsonet.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Jul 2, 2009, 11:37 AM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

Ok, so after a custom install of the nvidia drivers that part is
working again.

I'm still having an issue.

I'm missing something somewhere and having trouble getting the
mp3anywhere serial receiver to work at all. It worked just fine in
FC8, but not now in FC10.

My system is currently running the 2.6.29 kernel under FC10 from
Jerod's build and I've installed the 0.8.5 version of LIRC through Yum
from the atrpms repo.

I've reset the serial ports, and run: modprobe lirc_serial and have
the following in my /dev directory

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root lirc 248, 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc0
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lircd

When I run irw I just get a blank line, and no response when I hit
keys on the remote I've tried both com ports on the system.

When I run irrecord I get:

irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc

Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc[at]bartelmus.de)

irrecord: could not reset tty
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
permissions)

Did I miss something off the new build Jerod? Is there something else
that I'm missing here?

Thanks,

- Michael

On Jul 1, 2009, at 11:39 PM, Michael Jones wrote:

> I must have missed something.. the 2.6.29 kernel is not compatible
> with the current nvidia-grahpics 185.18.14
>
> :(
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Michael Jones
>> <mythtv[at]michaelandholly.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The patches listed are for Kernel 2.6.29. I am running Kernel
>>> 2.7.27.
>>>
>>> I have attempted to locate the 2.6.29 Kernel with Yum and either
>>> don't have the right repositories loaded, or it's not available?
>>> The only one listed with a yum list or yum search is 2.6.27.
>>
>> They aren't yum-able (at least not yet). You have to pull them down
>> manually from the links I provided (straight off the build system,
>> more or less).
>>
>> --jarod
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 30, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 00:57 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a FC10 installation of MythTV on my office front end
>>>>>>>> that's
>>>>>>>> having a problem.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just upgraded this from FC8 to FC10. It worked VERY well
>>>>>>>> in FC8
>>>>>>>> but has subsequently broken.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm running:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FC10 with kernel 2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10.i686
>>>>>>>> LIRC 0.8.5-2.fc10
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've tried so many different combinations that what I have and
>>>>>>>> haven't tried is getting fuzzy.. :-s
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2.6.27.x + lirc 0.8.5 is busted, you need to back off to lirc
>>>>>>> 0.8.4a for the moment. 2.6.29.x + lirc 0.8.5 works, except for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> fact lirc_serial is busted in the Fedora 2.6.29.x kernels at the
>>>>>>> moment. However, I think I've finally got a fix for that,
>>>>>>> about to
>>>>>>> test it out on actual hardware in a sec... If I do have it
>>>>>>> fixed,
>>>>>>> I'll push a some new Fedora kernel builds and provide folks with
>>>>>>> links to it for testing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok.. Thanks. I'll downgrade my version of LIRC and see what
>>>>>> happens. As long as it works I'm not that hooked on the
>>>>>> "latest at
>>>>>> greatest". Let us know if/when you get a fix for it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, I've got it fixed locally. Working on patches now, will
>>>>> submit
>>>>> some Fedora kernel builds for folks to test before I hit the sack,
>>>>> should be ready by the time I wake up...
>>>>
>>>> They're ready. I've personally tested the F11 build with the serial
>>>> receiver that came bundled with one of my AirStar HD-5000 cards,
>>>> works a
>>>> treat there. The F10 patch is 100% identical, so that should work
>>>> too...
>>>>
>>>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.29.5/88.fc10/
>>>> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/
>>>> 2.6.29.5/206.fc11/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>>
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Jul 3, 2009, 8:50 AM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Michael Jones <mythtv[at]michaelandholly.com>
wrote:

> Ok, so after a custom install of the nvidia drivers that part is
> working again.
>
> I'm still having an issue.
>
> I'm missing something somewhere and having trouble getting the
> mp3anywhere serial receiver to work at all. It worked just fine in
> FC8, but not now in FC10.
>
>
> My system is currently running the 2.6.29 kernel under FC10 from
> Jerod's build and I've installed the 0.8.5 version of LIRC through
> Yum from the atrpms repo.
>
> I've reset the serial ports, and run: modprobe lirc_serial and have
> the following in my /dev directory
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
> crwxrwxrwx 1 root lirc 248, 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc0
> srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lircd
>
> When I run irw I just get a blank line, and no response when I hit
> keys on the remote I've tried both com ports on the system.
>
>
>
> When I run irrecord I get:
>
> irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>
> Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc[at]bartelmus.de)
>
> irrecord: could not reset tty
> irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it,
> check permissions)
>
>
> Did I miss something off the new build Jerod? Is there something
> else that I'm missing here?

Nothing immediately comes to mind, it ought to be working, so far as I
know. Not sure what might be different about your receiver vs the two
I have that work, or if its something else... :(

What doea the tail end of your dmesg output look like after loading
lirc_serial and trying irw?

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Jul 3, 2009, 9:45 AM

Post #11 of 16 (777 views)
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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

After:

setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none

...and...

modprobe lirc_serial

...and...

irw

Here's the lines about lirc at the tail end of dmesg.

lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0

- Michael

On Jul 3, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Michael Jones
> <mythtv[at]michaelandholly.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so after a custom install of the nvidia drivers that part is
>> working again.
>>
>> I'm still having an issue.
>>
>> I'm missing something somewhere and having trouble getting the
>> mp3anywhere serial receiver to work at all. It worked just fine in
>> FC8, but not now in FC10.
>>
>>
>> My system is currently running the 2.6.29 kernel under FC10 from
>> Jerod's build and I've installed the 0.8.5 version of LIRC through
>> Yum from the atrpms repo.
>>
>> I've reset the serial ports, and run: modprobe lirc_serial and
>> have the following in my /dev directory
>>
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
>> crwxrwxrwx 1 root lirc 248, 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lirc0
>> srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-07-02 11:26 /dev/lircd
>>
>> When I run irw I just get a blank line, and no response when I hit
>> keys on the remote I've tried both com ports on the system.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I run irrecord I get:
>>
>> irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>>
>> Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc[at]bartelmus.de)
>>
>> irrecord: could not reset tty
>> irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it,
>> check permissions)
>>
>>
>> Did I miss something off the new build Jerod? Is there something
>> else that I'm missing here?
>
> Nothing immediately comes to mind, it ought to be working, so far as
> I know. Not sure what might be different about your receiver vs the
> two I have that work, or if its something else... :(
>
> What doea the tail end of your dmesg output look like after loading
> lirc_serial and trying irw?
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod[at]wilsonet.com
>
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Jul 3, 2009, 4:46 PM

Post #12 of 16 (760 views)
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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

Michael Jones wrote:
> After:
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
> setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none
>
> ...and...
>
> modprobe lirc_serial
>
> ...and...
>
> irw
>
> Here's the lines about lirc at the tail end of dmesg.
>
>
> lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
>
>
> - Michael
>

Michael,
If that is the order of commands you are using, you missed lircd. In
order for irw to see anything, the lirc daemon needs to be running.
in Fedora 10 you can run (as root)

service lircd start

There is another command you can try before loading lircd, to see if the
driver is receiving any data

mode2

or from inside X

xmode2

Either program will show the raw information coming from the receiver.
On my home made serial IR receivers, it will even show random IR noise
coming from outside or fluorescent lights in the room. The mp3anywhere
receiver may not do that, since it is specific to that remote.

- Richard

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Jul 3, 2009, 6:14 PM

Post #13 of 16 (764 views)
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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

OOPS.. there should be a "service lirc restart" between the modprobe
and the irw..

Either way, the dmesg is the same and nothing happens with irw..

Jul 3 18:12:54 jukebox lircd-0.8.5[5142]: accepted new client on /dev/
lircd
Jul 3 18:12:57 jukebox lircd-0.8.5[5142]: removed client

On Jul 3, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Richard Woelk wrote:

>
>
> Michael Jones wrote:
>> After:
>>
>> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
>> setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none
>>
>> ...and...
>>
>> modprobe lirc_serial
>>
>> ...and...
>>
>> irw
>>
>> Here's the lines about lirc at the tail end of dmesg.
>>
>>
>> lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
>> lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
>>
>>
>> - Michael
>>
>
> Michael,
> If that is the order of commands you are using, you missed lircd.
> In order for irw to see anything, the lirc daemon needs to be running.
> in Fedora 10 you can run (as root)
>
> service lircd start
>
> There is another command you can try before loading lircd, to see if
> the driver is receiving any data
>
> mode2
>
> or from inside X
>
> xmode2
>
> Either program will show the raw information coming from the receiver.
> On my home made serial IR receivers, it will even show random IR
> noise coming from outside or fluorescent lights in the room. The
> mp3anywhere receiver may not do that, since it is specific to that
> remote.
>
> - Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Jul 3, 2009, 6:24 PM

Post #14 of 16 (756 views)
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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

Also.. when I run irrecord.. here's what I get.

irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc

Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc[at]bartelmus.de)

irrecord: could not reset tty
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
permissions)

Also.. when I run mode2.. I get

mode2: could not reset tty

I'm getting the feeling here that the serial port is still open
somewhere else, or something is still attaching to it. Either that,
or the setserial command isn't quite right?

Thoughts?

On Jul 3, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Michael Jones wrote:

> OOPS.. there should be a "service lirc restart" between the modprobe
> and the irw..
>
> Either way, the dmesg is the same and nothing happens with irw..
>
> Jul 3 18:12:54 jukebox lircd-0.8.5[5142]: accepted new client on /
> dev/lircd
> Jul 3 18:12:57 jukebox lircd-0.8.5[5142]: removed client
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Richard Woelk wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Michael Jones wrote:
>>> After:
>>>
>>> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
>>> setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none
>>>
>>> ...and...
>>>
>>> modprobe lirc_serial
>>>
>>> ...and...
>>>
>>> irw
>>>
>>> Here's the lines about lirc at the tail end of dmesg.
>>>
>>>
>>> lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
>>> lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
>>>
>>>
>>> - Michael
>>>
>>
>> Michael,
>> If that is the order of commands you are using, you missed lircd.
>> In order for irw to see anything, the lirc daemon needs to be
>> running.
>> in Fedora 10 you can run (as root)
>>
>> service lircd start
>>
>> There is another command you can try before loading lircd, to see
>> if the driver is receiving any data
>>
>> mode2
>>
>> or from inside X
>>
>> xmode2
>>
>> Either program will show the raw information coming from the
>> receiver.
>> On my home made serial IR receivers, it will even show random IR
>> noise coming from outside or fluorescent lights in the room. The
>> mp3anywhere receiver may not do that, since it is specific to that
>> remote.
>>
>> - Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Jul 4, 2009, 12:51 PM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 [In reply to]

Michael Jones wrote:
> Also.. when I run irrecord.. here's what I get.
>
>
> irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>
> Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc[at]bartelmus.de)
>
> irrecord: could not reset tty
> irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
> permissions)
>
> Also.. when I run mode2.. I get
>
> http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
>
> I'm getting the feeling here that the serial port is still open
> somewhere else, or something is still attaching to it. Either that,
> or the setserial command isn't quite right?
>
> Thoughts?
>

Michael,
I think I figured this out. The X10 mp3anywhere doesn't need a
kernel module lirc_serial
From this webpage on lirc.org. http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html

Either reboot or remove the lirc_serial and set the uart back to a 16550

rmmod lirc_serial
setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550

Then, since you already have a good lircd.conf for your remote, you
shouldn't need to record.
Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/lirc to tell the lirc daemon how to run.

The options you need to change are

driver = mp3anywhere
device = /dev/ttyS0

reload lircd and then hopefully then something will show up with irw

If you need to record, you could do it like this

irrecord -d /dev/ttyS0 -H mp3anywhere <remote name>

the following is my /etc/sysconfig/lirc file in case you don't have one.

- Richard

---------------------------
# Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working -*-
sh -*-
# configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled).

# Options to lircd(8). Typically, this will be empty, as which driver
to use
# should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below.
LIRCD_OPTIONS=""

# The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by lircd(8),
# similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8).
# Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers.
LIRC_DRIVER=""

# Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8).
# This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd.
# An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc device.
LIRC_DEVICE=""

# If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"

# Options to lircmd(8).
LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""

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Jul 5, 2009, 10:43 AM

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Re: Problems with remote on FC10, lirc_serial and Kernel 2.6.27.25 - SOLVED [In reply to]

Richard,

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you !

That was the solution. Worked perfectly.

On Jul 4, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Richard Woelk wrote:

>
>
> Michael Jones wrote:
>> Also.. when I run irrecord.. here's what I get.
>>
>>
>> irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>>
>> Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc[at]bartelmus.de)
>>
>> irrecord: could not reset tty
>> irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it,
>> check permissions)
>>
>> Also.. when I run mode2.. I get
>>
>> http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
>>
>> I'm getting the feeling here that the serial port is still open
>> somewhere else, or something is still attaching to it. Either
>> that, or the setserial command isn't quite right?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> Michael,
> I think I figured this out. The X10 mp3anywhere doesn't need a
> kernel module lirc_serial
> From this webpage on lirc.org. http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
>
> Either reboot or remove the lirc_serial and set the uart back to a
> 16550
>
> rmmod lirc_serial
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550
>
> Then, since you already have a good lircd.conf for your remote, you
> shouldn't need to record.
> Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/lirc to tell the lirc daemon how to run.
>
> The options you need to change are
>
> driver = mp3anywhere
> device = /dev/ttyS0
>
> reload lircd and then hopefully then something will show up with irw
>
>
> If you need to record, you could do it like this
>
> irrecord -d /dev/ttyS0 -H mp3anywhere <remote name>
>
> the following is my /etc/sysconfig/lirc file in case you don't have
> one.
>
>
> - Richard
>
>
> ---------------------------
> # Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working
> -*- sh -*-
> # configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled).
>
> # Options to lircd(8). Typically, this will be empty, as which
> driver to use
> # should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below.
> LIRCD_OPTIONS=""
>
> # The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by
> lircd(8),
> # similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8).
> # Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers.
> LIRC_DRIVER=""
>
> # Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8).
> # This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd.
> # An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc device.
> LIRC_DEVICE=""
>
> # If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
> ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"
>
> # Options to lircmd(8).
> LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""
>
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