Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:16:14 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LIRC guide for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070315014614.GF6688@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <45F7FC72.1050206@netmusician.org> References: <45F77267.9080403@netmusician.org> <20070314054117.GB6688@wantadilla.lemis.com> <45F7FC72.1050206@netmusician.org>
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--924gEkU1VlJlwnwX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 14 March 2007 at 9:45:22 -0400, Joe Auty wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Tuesday, 13 March 2007 at 23:56:23 -0400, Joe Auty wrote: >>> Does anybody know of a good resource for setting up my IR Blaster >>> within FreeBSD? >> >> Not I. Are you sure it's supported? Currently very few remote >> controls are. > > Well, I have no idea about the FreeBSD end of things, but I do have a > good lircd.conf for my satellite box. Others have gotten it to work, > I've confirmed this. The only thing I'm not sure of is the extent of the > FreeBSD support and how FBSD factors into this mix? As I said, relatively few remote controls are supported. That probably won't change until individuals adapt the code for their specific remote control, like Daniel did for his and like I did for my remote control. The code is really ugly, but not too difficult to understand. >>> I think I have a good lircd.conf with information about my remote, >>> but I'm sure I'm missing some information about how to get the >>> kernel modules I'll need to generate my /dev/lirc0. >> >> Are you sure you need a /dev/lirc0? I'm running lircd with a DVICO >> USB remote control on one of my machines, and there's no /dev/lirc0 >> there. If you do need it, you'll probably have to port the kernel >> modules. What kind of interface does it have? > > I tried using /dev/ttyd0 since it just plugs into a serial port (I > bought one of of http://irblaster.info). I can do a: > > # lircd -n --device=/dev/ttyd0 /usr/local/etc/lircd.conf > lircd: lircd(dvico) ready > > Does this confirm anything of value? I'm a little confused about the (dvico) there. The DVICO driver integration is my work, and it's a USB-connected device. Are you sure that your lircd.conf is correct? >>> Perhaps this might be a better question for a different FreeBSD >>> list? Just thinking about you guys since many seem to know the >>> score in getting MythTV setups to work... >> >> The list is probably right. And I'm making progress with my >> "installing MythTV on FreeBSD" documentation at >> http://www.lemis.com/grog/HOWTO/mythtv-on-FreeBSD-setup.html This is >> still pretty rough about the edges; I'll work on it when I'm sure I >> know what I'm doing. > > Cool! Would you like some suggestions for your guide? Yes, please. Remember, though, that it's currently very flaky, and I'll fix a lot the next time I have time to look at it. What I'd really like to know is where other people ran into trouble, and how they fixed it. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --924gEkU1VlJlwnwX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF+KVmIubykFB6QiMRAq8WAJ9pTgCFXECtLkICic9ZJ6aiT3apLwCghlY5 JLfowCOK7eyLyUZDXk+Xux4= =DkJV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --924gEkU1VlJlwnwX--
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