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rocktorrentz

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From: Southampton, England

Registered: 2007-08-05

Posts: 141

No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

I put this in a separate thread because I seem to have a different problem to the 'double press' issue and I'm pretty sure my remote isn't covered by mceusb. I've got a remote that until recently worked perfectly with the lirc_atiusb driver. However I get no output with irw or in boxee. I still get this in my dmesg output:

lirc_atiusb: USB remote driver for LIRC $Revision: 1.88 $
lirc_atiusb: Paul Miller <pmiller9@users.sourceforge.net>
lirc_atiusb 3-1:1.0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_atiusb  registered at minor = 0
lirc_atiusb[2]: X10 WTI RF receiver on usb3:2
usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_atiusb

Here is lircd.conf:

# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <lirc@bartelmus.de>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.2(default) on Sun Aug 12 02:13:30 2007
#
# contributed by Ben Adler @ gmx dot net
#
# brand: Medion / X10 (part of http://www.medion.de/md8824/)
# remote control: RF Vista Remote Control (OR24V)
# P/N: 2003 5335
# devices being controlled by this remote: USB RF remote receiver (CM20E), P/N 2003 1776

begin remote

  name  Medion_X10
  bits           16
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  one             0     0
  zero            0     0
  pre_data_bits   8
  pre_data       0x14
  post_data_bits  16
  post_data      0x0
  gap          227978
  toggle_bit_mask 0x80800000

      begin codes
          red                      0x87B2
          yellow                   0x0934
          blue                     0x8AB5
          green                    0x0833
          power                    0xD702
          text                     0xEB16
          tvrecord                 0x6D98
          disc                     0xD904
          table                    0x86B1
          tvplay                   0xF11C
          back                     0x75A0
          info                     0x042F
          volume_up                0x5E89
          volume_down              0xDD08
          mute                     0x5580
          channel_up               0xE00B
          channel_down             0x618C
          cursor_up                0xEF1A
          cursor_down              0x77A2
          cursor_left              0xF21D
          cursor_right             0x749F
          ok                       0xF31E
          start                    0x709B
          track_previous           0xF621
          track_next               0x78A3
          record                   0xFC27
          pause                    0x7EA9
          stop                     0xFD28
          seek_backward            0x79A4
          play                     0xFA25
          seek_forward             0x7BA6
          1                        0xE20D
          2                        0x638E
          3                        0xE40F
          4                        0x6590
          5                        0xE611
          6                        0x6792
          7                        0xE813
          8                        0x6994
          9                        0xEA15
          0                        0x6C97
          asterisk                 0x0C37
          hash                     0x8DB8
          clear                    0x0530
          enter                    0x8BB6
      end codes

end remote

And here is my current lsmod | grep lirc, although I've tried a bunch of different setups with and without the lirc package:

lirc_atiusb            12179  0 
ir_lirc_codec           3135  0 
lirc_dev                7140  2 lirc_atiusb,ir_lirc_codec
ir_core                12433  11 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,rc_hauppauge_new,ir_jvc_decoder,saa7134,budget_ci,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_common,ir_nec_decoder
usbcore               115802  5 lirc_atiusb,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd

Thanks in advance, and sorry for the second thread.

kailua

Member

Registered: 2010-05-27

Posts: 13

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

hi there,

same problem here. no putput from irw and no actions through irexec. before the update to kernel 2.6.36 everything worked fine with my x10 RF USB reciever.

dmesg | tail

usb 4-4: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
lirc_atiusb 4-4:1.0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_atiusb  registered at minor = 0
lirc_atiusb[3]: X10 Wireless Technology Inc USB Receiver on usb4:3

lsmod | grep lirc

lirc_atiusb            13687  0 
usbcore               137570  4 lirc_atiusb,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
lirc_dev                8500  1 lirc_atiusb

lsusb

Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bc7:0006 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. Wireless Transceiver (ACPI-compliant)

Am I using the wrong kernel modules for kernel 2.6.36??

Perry3D

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Registered: 2008-03-20

Posts: 553

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

Hi,
i have the same problem with my X10 Remote.
I wrote the lirc developers: http://old.nabble.com/lirc_atiusb-and-2 … 53763.html
They recommend to use the ati_remote module. But for my remote control this modules doesn't work as i want.
The current lirc_atiusb module is just a pre version. So i think this is an upstream bug.

The current solution for me: i stay with 2.6.35 as long the bug is fixed.

rocktorrentz

Member

From: Southampton, England

Registered: 2007-08-05

Posts: 141

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

Hi,
i have the same problem with my X10 Remote.
I wrote the lirc developers: http://old.nabble.com/lirc_atiusb-and-2 … 53763.html
They recommend to use the ati_remote module. But for my remote control this modules doesn't work as i want.
The current lirc_atiusb module is just a pre version. So i think this is an upstream bug.

The current solution for me: i stay with 2.6.35 as long the bug is fixed.

I'd have to roll back my graphics drivers amongst other things, and the new kernel fixed an issue with my network card I'll try the ati_remote module when I get home.

Last edited by rocktorrentz (2010-11-29 13:12:32)

Perry3D

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Registered: 2008-03-20

Posts: 553

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

We should give the developers some input and open a bugreport. The best solution for us would be if the module is working again.
Currently i am at work. Maybe i'll do this in the late evening.

rocktorrentz

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From: Southampton, England

Registered: 2007-08-05

Posts: 141

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

We should give the developers some input and open a bugreport. The best solution for us would be if the module is working again.
Currently i am at work. Maybe i'll do this in the late evening.

I tried lirc-git with no such luck. I also tried ati_remote which registers key presses as keyboard events rather than going through lirc, but for some reason to get any output you have to press buttons twice.

I've just given up and downgraded kernel26, nvidia, nvidia-utils, lirc and lirc-utils. It's not ideal, but everything works...I'll keep an eye on this.

Perry3D

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Registered: 2008-03-20

Posts: 553

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

I know the problem with the double presses. There is patch for the kernel available. But that doesn't solve my problems that not every key on my remote is registered.

http://vdr.emanuel-eberle.de/ati_remote … ange.patch

rocktorrentz

Member

From: Southampton, England

Registered: 2007-08-05

Posts: 141

Re: No output from Lirc at all since the kernel update

I know the problem with the double presses. There is patch for the kernel available. But that doesn't solve my problems that not every key on my remote is registered.

http://vdr.emanuel-eberle.de/ati_remote … ange.patch

Yeah with ati_remote it only registers some keys, and only if you press them twice. I want my working lirc_atiusb back It works absolutely perfectly with the old lirc version and 2.6.35 kernel.