Re: LIRC on CentOS 6

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:07:02 -0700
Kirk Bocek <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm getting a new MythTV frontend up and running on CentOS 6 x86_64.
> I have the LIRC 0.8.7 packages installed:
> 
> $rpm -qa |grep lirc
> lirc-devices-0.8-4.el6.noarch
> lirc-0.8.7-88.el6.x86_64
> liblirc_client0-0.8.7-88.el6.x86_64
> lirc-kmdl-2.6.32-279.5.1.el6-0.8.7-88.el6.x86_64
> 
> When I plug in my receiver, the lirc_mceusb driver is loaded as
> expected.
> 
> The problem is I don't get any of the usual /dev/lirc* entries
> created.

The kernel model for the mceusb stuff changed in EL six.  See 
http://wilsonet.com/?page_id=95 for some background.  I don't have the
lirc-kmdl package installed, and mine works fine with the stock
mceusb.ko kernel moodule.

My /etc/sysconfig/lircd has
LIRCD_OPTIONS="--device=name='Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote
Transceiver (1784:0011)' -H devinput"

You can look at /proc/bus/input/devices to find the right name for your
remove.