[vdr] Re: LIRC not working on SuSE 7.2 - SOLVED

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get the latest version of LIRC (0.6.4 from lirc.org)
> to run on a SuSE 7.2 system.
> 
> 'configure', 'make' and 'make install' all went fine, but when I run
> the 'mode2' test program it doesn't show any activity on the serial
> interface.
> 
> The LIRC hardware I'm using is the one from www.zapway.de, and it
> is connected to COM1 (which would be /dev/ttyS1). The hardware itself
> apparently works, I've tested it with an external power supply and an
> oscilloscope.
> 
> Does anyone out there have an idea what little detail I might have
> overlooked here?
> 
> I have made the entry
> 
>   alias char-major-61  lirc_serial
> 
> in /etc/modules.conf and ran '/sbin/depmod -a'. So I would assume that
> the next logical step would be to run 'mode2' to see if there is any
> data coming in when I press a button on the rc. 'mode2' does load the
> 'lirc_serial' module, which logs the following
> 
> Nov  1 12:45:05 fox kernel: lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
> 
> But then when I press buttons on the rc, nothing happens.
> 
> Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I'm just making a stupid
> beginner's mistake?

Forget it - I found it!

Apparently the two COM ports on my PC casing are labelled the wrong way.
After plugging the IR detector into the other port it worked.

Silly me...

Klaus
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