From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 13:45:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9DDC16A46C; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:45:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [216.9.132.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCDB113C4B9; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:45:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5EF17E8E1; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:45:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NI2BXJfa49PD; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:45:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.149] (74-130-30-11.dhcp.insightbb.com [74.130.30.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4AE7E8DB; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:45:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <45F7FC72.1050206@netmusician.org> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:45:22 -0400 From: Joe Auty User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org References: <45F77267.9080403@netmusician.org> <20070314054117.GB6688@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20070314054117.GB6688@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: LIRC guide for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:45:27 -0000 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? >> 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? >> 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? > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. -- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org