[mythtvnz] Re: Lirc setup

Nick Rout mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:34:10 +1200 (NZST)


PS the usual problem with serial is that the kernel has already nabbed th=
e
serial port. There are details about how to fix this in the lirc
documentation (on their web site).



On Wed, August 29, 2007 11:59 am, Nick Rout wrote:
> What distro are you running and why are you compiling it?
>
> If you really want to compile it the usual steps are to run ./configure
> before make. ./configure creates the Makefile, so that would explain wh=
y
> make reported "No targets".
>
> But if you have irw on your system then it seems lirc is already
> installed, so i am very confused - but so are you by the sounds of it :=
-)
>
> There is pretty good documentation on the lirc.org site. BUT most distr=
os
> that support mythtv have good lirc support, so I would use what your
> distro provides as a first option.
>
> On Wed, August 29, 2007 11:28 am, Rama Madhusudhan wrote:
>> I am using an serial receiver, this what i did:
>>
>> 1) Downloaded the necessary files for lirc and i ran setup but i dint
>> able to make and make install it gives me an output "make: *** No
>> targets.  Stop."
>>
>> 2) I somehow managed to modprobe it and when i ran irw there is no
>> output and says connection refused.
>>
>> I am lost now. How do i do from scratch. Thanks.
>>
>> Rama.
>>
>>
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