mceusb on the newer version (1.0 beta)

[sharktooth]

(26th Feb, 2014 03:23 AM)sharktooth Wrote:  I'll get it updated through the xbian-config command. Thanks again!

So, I updated it. No dice - it seems to be exactly the same. Leaving lira running and firing off irw doesn't give me any output when hitting buttons. Stopping lirc and running irrecord still gives me :

Terminal

irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
irrecord: closing '/dev/input/event0'

Looking at the USB, the device is definitely recognized (and it also flashes a red LED when I push buttons, so the device is recognizing data from the remote).

Terminal

root@xbian:/home/xbian# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0471:0815 Philips (or NXP) eHome Infrared Receiver
root@xbian:/home/xbian# mode2 -H devinput -d /dev/input/event0
mode2: initializing '/dev/input/event0'
mode2: WARNING: can't get exclusive access to events coming from `/dev/input/event0' interface
This program does not work for this hardware yet
root@xbian:/home/xbian#

I've seen posts about running "dpkg-reconfigure lirc", but that simply fails with :

Terminal

root@xbian:/home/xbian# dpkg-reconfigure lirc
dpkg-query: package 'lirc' is not installed and no information is available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: lirc is not installed
root@xbian:/home/xbian#

Yet, I can start it up :

Terminal

root@xbian:/home/xbian# service lirc start
lirc start/running
root@xbian:/home/xbian# ps awx|grep lircd
766 ? Ss 0:00 sudo -u xbian /usr/local/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin --standalone -fs --lircdev /run/lirc/lircd
820 ? RNl 321:02 /usr/local/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin --standalone -fs --lircdev /run/lirc/lircd
10144 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
10151 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep lircd
root@xbian:/home/xbian#

Any ideas? Or, are there direct IR receivers that plug in and work the best with this? (Yes, I'm willing to abandon the old device that worked with a previous implementation of xbian in order to have something that works).