lirc does not seem to be loading in hardy (upgrade from gutsy)

**muldy** · May 1st, 2008

Only thing that reacts to remote button presses is:

Code:

sudo cat /dev/hidraw3

Starts printing weird chars for each button press.

**kacheng** · May 2nd, 2008

@uvahaole

Code:

~$ sudo modinfo lirc_i2c
modinfo: could not open /lib/modules/2.6.24.16-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_i2c.ko: No such file or directory

Originally Posted by uvahaole

No progress. Anything with the following?

Code:

~$ sudo modinfo lirc_i2c

**uvahaole** · May 2nd, 2008

The kernel still thinks lirc_i2c.ko is in /lib/modules/2.6.24.16-generic/updates/dkms. That directory is probably empty since you removed dkms early in this thread. Module dependencies need to be rebuilt:

Code:

$ sudo depmod

FYI, the location of my lirc_i2c.ko is /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/kernel/drivers/input/misc/lirc_i2c.ko

**kacheng** · May 2nd, 2008

Yippee, we are moving forward again!

So rebuilding the dependencies has worked to get lirc_i2c.ko linked correctly.

After restarting lirc, I see that the lsmod and dmesg are finally showing entries!
modinfo shows the correct entry now.
Now we just need to get irw working!

What shall I do next?

Code:

$ sudo depmod
$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart
 * Stopping remote control mouse daemon: LIRCMD                          [fail]
 * Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC                               [fail]
 * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC                              [ OK ]
 * Starting remote control mouse daemon : LIRCMD                         [ OK ]
$ lsmod | grep -i lirc
lirc_dev               15732  0
$ dmesg | grep -i lirc
[96316.930489] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
$ sudo modinfo lirc_i2c
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/kernel/drivers/input/misc/lirc_i2c.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Gerd Knorr, Michal Kochanowicz, Christoph Bartelmus, Ulrich Mueller, Stefan Jahn, Jerome Brock
description:    Infrared receiver driver for Hauppauge and Pixelview cards (i2c stack)
srcversion:     BD764D95FF7997B3F7B4F3E
depends:        i2c-core,lirc_dev
vermagic:       2.6.24-16-generic SMP mod_unload 586
parm:           minor:Preferred minor device number (int)
parm:           debug:Enable debugging messages (bool)
$ irw
connect: Connection refused

**uvahaole** · May 3rd, 2008

Only lirc_dev is getting loaded when you start the daemon; lirc_i2c is not. Try

Code:

$ sudo modprobe lirc_i2c

If that helps, do you have both lirc_dev and lirc_i2c listed in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf?

**kacheng** · May 4th, 2008

We're in business!

So 'sudo modprobe lirc_i2c' seems to get lirc_dev running.

Code:

$ sudo modprobe lirc_i2c
$ dmesg | grep -i lirc
[96316.930489] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
[242744.936685] lirc_i2c: chip 0x10020 found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
[242744.936714] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
$ irw
00000000000017c1 00 1 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c2 00 2 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c3 00 3 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c4 00 4 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c4 01 4 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c5 00 5 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c6 00 6 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c7 00 7 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c8 00 8 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c9 00 9 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c9 01 9 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c0 00 0 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c0 01 0 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017c0 02 0 hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017e0 00 Ch+ hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017e1 00 Ch- hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017e1 01 Ch- hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017d0 00 Vol+ hauppauge_pvr
00000000000017d1 00 Vol- hauppauge_pvr

And to answer your question, yes both lirc_dev and lirc_i2c are in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf.

Code:

$ more /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
REMOTE="Hauppauge TV card"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_i2c"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
START_LIRCD="true"
START_LIRCMD=""
LOAD_MODULES=""
LIRCMD_CONF=""
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"

Great so far!
Ok, so how do I ensure that both modules load at startup?
And how did the upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy break this?

Thanks again.

**kacheng** · May 7th, 2008

Got it working!
Minor change needed in the /etc/lirc/hardware.conf file:
/dev/lirc0 needed to be /dev/lirc/0

Thanks everyone for all your help.

$ cat /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

Code:

REMOTE="Hauppauge TV card"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_i2c"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc/0"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
START_LIRCD="true"
START_LIRCMD=""
LOAD_MODULES=""
LIRCMD_CONF=""
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"

**tkoopa** · July 27th, 2008

thanks everyone, I also had the problem after upgrading and editing hardware.conf to replace REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
by REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc/0" fixed it for me