Lircd and homebrew

[monkeydog]

Ok, im having abit of trouble getting a homebrew serial ir reciever (from lirc site) to work. I know the ir reciever works (tested it on windows).

I would like to start from the start again. But heres some information.
Its plugged into comport 2 (1 has modem).

kernal config looks like this

[weltraumfahrer]

Hi,
setting up lirc with the same hardware befor 3 days;-)

First: no IrDA (infrared) support and no Infrared-port device drivers!!!
... this has nothing to do with the serial hardware.
You must compile the Serial Interface as a module.
CONFIG_SERIAL=m ... compile the new kernel and install it.

... after rebooting. (All as root)
'mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0'
create a file called /etc/modules.d/lirc:
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# Support for lirc
alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
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(irq=4 io=0x3f8 is the first serial interface, look at your bios)
run 'modules-update' ... then a 'modprobe lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8'
Success? Good.
Now put in your '/etc/modules.autoload' the line:
lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8

Now the first test: run 'mode2' on the console or 'xmode2' under X.
Press the buttons on your remote-control should give an output.

Now configure your remote-contral by downloading the '/etc/lircd.conf' for your specialdevice from lirc.org
or create your own with 'irrecord filename'

'cp filename /etc/lircd.conf ; /etc/init.d/lircd start'
'rc-update add lircd default'

Finished.

Frank, after 2 days of trying getting lirc on gentoo to work;-)

[ralle]

I tried to follow the instructions, but it did not work for me...

mode2 shows some output, but irw won't show anything. I downloaded the conf file for my remote from lirc.org, and it works perfektly on a friend's pc with my receiver, so the hardware works too.

Here is what I did:
- put 'LIRC_OPTS="--with-driver=serial"' into /etc/make.conf
- 'emerge lirc'
- 'mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0' (COM1)
- create /etc/modules.d/lirc with the content above (COM1)
- 'update-modules'
- 'modprobe lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8'
- copy my lirc conf file (from lirc.org, works on different pc) to /etc/lircd.conf
- 'mode2' works and even loads the lirc_serial module by itself it it is not loaded
- 'mode2' works whether the serial (NOT the lirc_serial) modules is loaded or not
- 'mode2' works whether lircd is started or not
- 'irw' does not work at all (it does not work whether the serial modules is loaded or not, "Connection refused" error if lircd not running)

Any ideas?