Re: LIRC on CentOS 6

On 8/24/2012 7:24 AM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
>
> On 8/23/2012 8:47 PM, James Szinger wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Thanks James. I was sent in the same direction over in the CentOS forums:
>
> https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=38926&forum=57
>
> I now have the 0.9.0 packages from EPEL installed and no kmdl package.
> Is there any reason for Axel to continue publishing the kmdl packages
> for CentOS 6?
>
> The issue I am having now is that only the Microsoft remote that came
> with the receiver is working. I've tried two different generic remotes
> with six or eight different configurations. Nothing gives me output from
> IRW. These are configurations that worked with lirc 0.8.7 under CentOS 5.
>
> I *do* see output from mode2. Meaning IR pulses are being received, just
> not properly interpreted.
>
> I tried adding your '-H devinput' option to /etc/sysconfig/lirc. All it
> did was cause the Microsoft remote to stop working.

Via your link, James, I got to:

http://lirc.org/html/devinput.html

Which explains a conflict between lirc and hal. I've installed the 
recommended file to get hal to ignore the receiver. When I get home this 
evening I'll see if that fixes things.