CentOS 5.4 - IR controller driver

[yogev_ezra]

Install guide for IR controller module (lirc) on CentOS 5.4:
This guide assumes that CentOS 5.4 is already installed on your Fit-PC2

1) Download attached lirc_centos.rar and extract lirc_dev.ko and lirc_igorplugusb.ko
2) cp lirc_dev.ko lirc_igorplugusb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5/extra/
3) depmod
4) modprobe lirc_igorplugusb
5) Reboot the computer

After reboot, you can check whether the module is loaded:

lsmod | grep lirc

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lirc_igorplugusb      11524   0
lirc_dev              16920   1  lirc_igorplugusb

dmesg | grep lirc

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lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
lirc_igorplugusb: USB remote driver for LIRC v0.2

cat /var/log/messages | grep lirc | less

Please post here any problems you have with this driver

EDIT: Added link to alternate download location
Compiled modules: http://www.fit-pc2.com/download/centos/ ... centos.zip
Installation instructions: http://www.fit-pc2.com/download/centos/IR/readme_IR.txt

[neil]

Not having much luck with this on Centos 5.5. I have fitPC2 D1G-C1600-W. Everything looks like it is configured OK (below) but I can't get anything received when I flash the sensor with various IR remotes. I've tried: cat /dev/lirc0, and installing userspace applications from the lirc source code and using those - mode2, irrecord. All seem to start up OK, but never get any input.

I also tried compiling the lirc-0.8.7 from scratch including the kernel modules for the igorlugusb driver. But the result is the same. Help!

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[root@slug ~]# uname -a
Linux slug 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Fri Apr 2 14:58:35 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@slug ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
[root@slug ~]# lsmod | grep lir
lirc_igorplugusb       11524  0
lirc_dev               16920  1 lirc_igorplugusb
[root@slug ~]# dmesg | grep lirc
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
lirc_igorplugusb: USB remote driver for LIRC v0.2
lirc_igorplugusb: Jan M. Hochstein <hochstein@algo.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 100
lirc_igorplugusb[2]: Cesko AVR309:USB to UART protocol converter (simple) on usb4:2
usbcore: registered new driver lirc_igorplugusb
[root@slug ~]# grep lirc /var/log/messages
Nov 24 18:36:54 slug kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
Nov 24 18:36:54 slug kernel: lirc_igorplugusb: USB remote driver for LIRC v0.2
Nov 24 18:36:54 slug kernel: lirc_igorplugusb: Jan M. Hochstein <hochstein@algo.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
Nov 24 18:36:54 slug kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 100
Nov 24 18:36:54 slug kernel: lirc_igorplugusb[2]: Cesko AVR309:USB to UART protocol converter (simple) on usb4:2
Nov 24 18:36:54 slug kernel: usbcore: registered new driver lirc_igorplugusb
[root@slug ~]# grep lirc /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/extra/lirc_dev.ko:
/lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/extra/lirc_igorplugusb.ko: /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/extra/lirc_dev.ko
[root@slug ~]# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03eb:21fe Atmel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[root@slug ~]# ls -l /dev/lir*
crw------- 1 root root 61, 0 Nov 24 18:36 /dev/lirc0