LIRC: incorrect modprobe

[archived]

I have been setting up a new Pluto system over the last day or two and I am overwhelmed by how much this software accomplishes. I have had a number of issues, but the forum here has been quite helpful. My question pertains to an issue that I just resolved with LIRC. I wish to make my fix permanent.

The problem turned out to be that when LIRC was starting, the system called 'modprobe lirc_dev' and then errored out with the same message that a few other people saw about no serial port found. I discovered that if I issue a 'modprobe lirc_i2c' that my Hauppauge silver remote (PVR-350) started working. Therefore, my question is how do I set Pluto to always modprobe lirc_i2c instead of lirc_dev?

Also, on a somewhat related note, I see a lot of messages in the LIRC log about "Cannot find code X" where X is something like Vol+, Vol-,Menu/i, etc... How do I go about adjusting the codes used on the many screen types so that my keypresses (besides the simple arrorw and ok buttons) actually do something? Thanks in advance.

[archived]

The loading of lirc_dev is actually correct. All the other lirc_* modules depend on it, so lirc_i2c does too. What happens is that LIRC_DCE doesn't see what specific driver to load, and the "Cannot find code X" messages are shown because of a either missing or incomplete remote control definition file.

In the Media Directors page in Pluto Admin, you have two rows at the end of each MD section that relate to the IR remote: "Infrared remote controls you will use" and "Infrared Receivers". Currently, the lirc_i2c driver isn't listed in the "Infrared Receivers" drop down, so you'll have to manually add it to your /etc/modules file to be loaded at boot. As for the remote, I don't know which remote control definition you need and if we have it listed already or not. Maybe some other users can help?

[archived]

First off, thanks for your reply. Adding lirc_i2c allowed it to be modprobed on boot.

Further details on my remaining remote problem: I have the Hauppauge silver remote (model A415-HPG) that came with my PVR-350. I am using lircd.conf.hauppauge as the definition for the remote and that seems to function as the arrows keys, the OK button, and the numbers are all working. Also, if I run irw, all of the buttons appear with an appropriate name. However, nothing in pluto will respond to a number of keypresses, including the following: Go, Videos, Back/Exit, Menu/i, Vol+, Vol-, Replay/SkipBackward, SkipForward, Asterix, and # (that is most of them).

If I tail the log as I press these buttons, I see "Cannot find code Back/Exit" and "Cannot find code Menu/i" for example. It seems to me that the remote is fully configured and working perfectly, but pluto does not know how to respond to these codes. When I was running MythTV by itself, I created a .lircrc file that told MythTV, Xine, Mplayer, etc how to react to each button. I have no idea where this information is stored in pluto, but I believe that is what needs to be modified. If one of the developers knows where this information is stored, please share it with me as I believe I could fix the problem in that case. Thank you again.

[archived]

I haven't had time until tonight to play with my remote problems again, but the answer did dawn on me and I found the solution, in case anyone else out there is having this problem (and maybe the Pluto staff could integrate what I found into the next release).

The reason my codes where showing up in the log as unrecognized was due to the fact that in a table called RemoteMapping in database pluto_main, there is a list of all the acceptable names for remote codes from IR remote configurations. As it turns out, many of the names given to the buttons in the stock Hauppauge 350 config are not included in RemoteMapping. All I had to do was add the names in the right places (or, changing the Hauppauge 350 config to match the names in the database would work too).

Here is the text of my sql file to fix the RemoteMapping table and now the Hauppauge 350 remote works splendidly (my only complaint is that there does not seem to be a message available to go directly to the Videos screen, but I think I might be able to find that and add it):

Code: [Select]

-- MySQL dump 9.11
--
-- Host: localhost    Database: pluto_main
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version       4.0.24_Debian-10

USE pluto_main;

DROP TABLE RemoteMapping;

--
-- Table structure for table `RemoteMapping`
--

CREATE TABLE `RemoteMapping` (
  `PK_RemoteMapping` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `Description` varchar(40) default NULL,
  `ScreenType` char(1) default NULL,
  `RemoteLayout` char(1) default NULL,
  `Mapping` text,
  `psc_id` int(11) default NULL,
  `psc_batch` int(11) default NULL,
  `psc_user` int(11) default NULL,
  `psc_frozen` tinyint(1) default '0',
  `psc_mod` timestamp(14) NOT NULL,
  `psc_restrict` int(11) default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`PK_RemoteMapping`),
  UNIQUE KEY `psc_id` (`psc_id`)
) TYPE=InnoDB;

--
-- Dumping data for table `RemoteMapping`
--

INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (1,'Default',NULL,NULL,'Power;|0 -203 1 194\r\n1;One;|0 -203 1 28 26 16\r\n2;Two;|0 -203 1 28 26 17\r\n3;Three;|0 -203 1 28 26 18\r\n4;Four;|0 -203 1 28 26 19\r\n5;Five;|0 -203 1 28 26 20\r\n6;Six;|0 -203 1 28 26 21\r\n7;Seven;|0 -203 1 28 26 22\r\n8;Eight;|0 -203 1 28 26 23\r\n9;Nine;|0 -203 1 28 26 24\r\n0;Zero;|0 -203 1 28 26 25\r\nenter;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\nSkipNext;SkipForward;skipfwd;|0 -106 1 42 5 +30\r\nSkipPrior;Replay/SkipBackward;skipback;|0 -106 1 42 5 -15\r\nchup;Ch+;ChanUp;|0 -106 1 65 5 +1\r\nchdown;Ch-;ChanDown;|0 -106 1 65 5 -1\r\nfastforward;Forward;|0 -106 1 41 43 +2\r\nRewind;|0 -106 1 41 43 -2\r\nPause;|0 -106 1 39\r\nPlay;|0 -106 1 37\r\nMute;|0 -106 1 97\r\nStop;|0 -106 1 95 203 1\r\nDown;|0 -203 1 201\r\nUp;|0 -203 1 200\r\nLeft;|0 -203 1 202\r\nRight;|0 -203 1 203\r\nok;|0 -203 1 190\r\nvoldn;VolDown;|0 -106 1 90\r\nVolUp;|0 -106 1 89\r\nrecorded_tv;RecTV;|0 -203 1 401 29 5\r\nDVD;|0 -106 1 43\r\ntv;live_tv;LiveTV;|0 -106 1 43 29 1\r\nBack;Back/Exit;|0 -203 1 240\r\nClear;|0 -203 1 363\r\nepg;Guide;|0 -203 1 126\r\nstart;Go;Home;|0 -203 1 5 3 <%=M%>\r\nMusic;|0 -203 1 401 29 4\r\nRadio;|0 -106 1 43 29 6\r\nRecord;|0 -106 1 102\r\ndisplay;Menu/i;info;list;|0 -203 1 399\r\ngreen;|0 -203 1 28 26 177\r\nyellow;|0 -203 1 28 26 178\r\nred;|0 -203 1 28 26 179\r\nblue;|0 -203 1 28 26 180',1,407,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);
INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (7,'Non Pluto remote','r',NULL,'Down;|0 -106 1 201\r\nUp;|0 -106 1 200\r\nLeft;|0 -106 1 202\r\nRight;|0 -106 1 203\r\nok;|0 -106 1 190',7,289,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);
INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (8,'Computing full screen','C',NULL,'Power;|0 -201 1 69 50 generic_app & 0 -203 1 5 3 <%=M%>\r\nDown;|0 -203 1 28 26 2\r\nUp;|0 -203 1 28 26 1\r\nLeft;|0 -203 1 28 26 3\r\nRight;|0 -203 1 28 26 4\r\nok;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\n',8,289,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);
INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (9,'Navigable OSD on m/d','N',NULL,'Down;|0 -106 1 201\r\nUp;|0 -106 1 200\r\nLeft;|0 -106 1 202\r\nRight;|0 -106 1 203\r\nok;|0 -106 1 190\r\nrecorded_tv;RecTV;|0 -106 1 761',9,408,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);
INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (10,'Computing list','c',NULL,'Power;|0 -201 1 69 50 generic_app',10,289,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);
INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (11,'Media app full screen','f',NULL,'Down;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\nUp;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\nLeft;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\nRight;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\nok;|0 -203 1 28 26 5\r\nrecorded_tv;RecTV;|0 -106 1 761\r\n',11,408,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);
INSERT INTO `RemoteMapping` VALUES (12,'B&O Navigable OSD','N','B','Ch+;SkipForward;chup;skipfwd;ChanUp;SkipNext;|0 -106 1 200\r\nCh-;Replay/SkipBackward;chdown;skipback;ChanDown;SkipPrior;|0 -106 1 201\r\nfastforward;Forward;|0 -106 1 203\r\nRewind;|0 -106 1 202\r\nPause;|0 -106 1 190\r\n',12,289,33129,0,00000000000000,NULL);