[mythtv-users] HDPVR setup irsend error

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:53 AM, steve <networks1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>> After John helped me find the lirc hardware conf file (thanks, John) I
>>> completed the setup for the HDPVR ir blaster.  The next step in the wiki
>>> http://mythtv.org/wiki/HDPVR is to find the right codeset.  The wiki
>>> suggests running a script, but since my box has only a few possibilities
> I
>>> decided to run the test commands manually.  When I enter
>>>
>>> irsend SEND_ONCE blaster 0_74_KEY_POWER
>>>
>>> I get
>>>
>>> irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE blaster 0_74_KEY_POWER
>>>
>>> irsend: hardware does not support sending
>>>
>>> The only thing I'm not sure about from the setup is that step 6 in the
> wiki
>>> says I may have to adjust the device and socket values in the conf file.
>>> There is no lirc0 in /dev and I don't know how to determine if there
> should
>>> be a non-null socket value.
>>
>>If you have no /dev/lirc0, then you have no successfully loaded lirc
>>kernel drivers. Did you modprobe lirc_zilog?
>
>>
>
> Yes I did, and lsmod lists it.  When I ran modprobe lirc_zilog, I got a
> bunch of output I didn't know how to interpret, a line listing the module
> file followed by several saying something about the kernel and a series of
> hex numbers.  I don't use modprobe enough to know if that's normal.  Nothing
> clearly looked like an error tho.

That doesn't sound normal. Please send that output along and I'll take
a look at it.

> The lirc service is running.

The lirc service will start even if your device driver didn't load.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com