Comment 50 for bug 164627

Kopernik, you could try this:

lshal | grep -n5 IR

and look for the /dev/input/somethinglikeevent6

That is your IR receiver device.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Panayiotis Savva <email address hidden> wrote:

> No it is not after all...
> This is the reason we needed to stop GDM... :) To find if this is an
> exclusive access problem on gdm or not... Obviously lirc is just not
> configured properly.
>
> You are basing your ir remote on event6 (which could change simply by
> re-arranging hardware or even on startup...)
>
> What you need to do is reconfigure LIRC.
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc
>
> Make sure you select the correct input device for your video card / remote
> control.
>
> You are getting an exclusive access problem probably on the wrong hardware
> (**event 6)
>
> Try this:
>
> When configuring lirc, ensure that you choose /dev/by-path/pci*****IR****
> I
> can't remeber the exact path for this setting, but it will come up in the
> list when you reconfigure lirc... with ****IR**** I mean to try and find
> the device that has the IR specified in it.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:37 AM, k0per.nik <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, this command seems to do nothing but stopping GDM from working!
> When
> > I type 'irw' still nothing happens!
> > Let me demonstrate you changes in daemon log:
> >
> > when I type 'sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart' I get:
> >
> > Mar 30 08:27:39 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[8823]: caught signal
> > Mar 30 08:27:40 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[9102]: lircd(userspace) ready
> >
> > then I type 'irexec' and get:
> >
> > Mar 30 08:27:47 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[9102]: accepted new client on
> > /dev/lircd
> > Mar 30 08:27:47 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[9102]: initializing
> '/dev/input/event6'
> >
> > then I type 'irw' and get:
> >
> > Mar 30 08:30:37 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[9102]: accepted new client on
> > /dev/lircd
> >
> > but when I press buttons on my remote, I still get no output!
> >
> > Maybe the problem I have is not associated with this bug in any way!
> >
> > --
> > lirc based applications can not get exclusive access to /dev/input
> > interface
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164627
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> > of the bug.
> >
>
> --
> lirc based applications can not get exclusive access to /dev/input
> interface
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164627
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