Bug #138247 “Lirc doesn't support Home-brew serial-port driver I...” : Bugs : lirc package : Ubuntu

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-08:

#1

Well in Gutsy the modules are precompiled, so would shipping with this option enabled break normal serial port setups? If so, perhaps just two sets of modules can be compiled. One with and one without Igor's variation.

Mario Limonciello (superm1) on 2007-09-12

Changed in lirc:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Tom G (tagra123) wrote on 2007-09-14:

#2

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I have a post in the ubuntu forum relating to this.

I was able to get it to work in feisty to drive a homemade ir blaster.

Here's what I did:

HOW TO MYTHTV LIRC SERIAL IRBLASTER

Making lirc work in any version of Ubuntu seems more difficult than necessary.

This has been adapted from another how to located here:

http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public...ting_LIRC_Make

The above post and version did not work on feisty --

Heres how to create ledxmit on Feisty:

Here it is.

Before starting make sure some necessary utilities are installed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install setserial

INSTALLING

Get LIRC version 0.8.2 from the LIRC download page
Code:

cd ~
mkdir myth-ledxmit ; cd myth-ledxmit
wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lirc/lirc-0.8.2.tar.bz2
bzip2 -d *bz2 ; tar xf *tar

Create this shell script that will create a new version of lirc called ledxmit that is independent of the regular lirc.

gedit ~/myth-ledxmit/myth-ledxmit82-feisty.sh

cut and paste the following into the file
Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
# myth-ledxmit.sh
#
# by jds-myth !at! losdos.dyndns.org
# portions by rwraithr !at! iwamble.net
#
# for details on how and why to use this script, see
# http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html
#
set -e
#
#
if [ ! $# -eq 1 ]
then
echo "usage: $0 lirc-directory"
exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d $1 ]
then
echo "error: directory '$1' not found."
exit 1
fi

rm -rf myth-ledxmit.WIP
echo "$0: Copying lirc source directory..."
cp -r $1 myth-ledxmit.WIP

cd myth-ledxmit.WIP
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo "error: unable to cd to 'myth-ledxmit.WIP'."
exit 1
fi

echo "$0: Moving lirc directories"
mv ./drivers/lirc_atiusb ./drivers/ledxmit_atiusb
mv ./drivers/lirc_mceusb ./drivers/ledxmit_mceusb
mv ./drivers/lirc_bt829 ./drivers/ledxmit_bt829
mv ./drivers/lirc_dev ./drivers/ledxmit_dev
mv ./drivers/lirc_gpio ./drivers/ledxmit_gpio
mv ./drivers/lirc_i2c ./drivers/ledxmit_i2c
mv ./drivers/lirc_it87 ./drivers/ledxmit_it87
mv ./drivers/lirc_parallel ./drivers/ledxmit_parallel
mv ./drivers/lirc_serial ./drivers/ledxmit_serial
mv ./drivers/lirc_sir ./drivers/ledxmit_sir
mv ./drivers/lirc_sasem ./drivers/ledxmit_sasem
mv ./drivers/lirc_igorplugusb ./drivers/ledxmit_igorplugusb

# lirc 0.7.2 adders
mv ./drivers/lirc_imon ./drivers/ledxmit_imon
mv ./drivers/lirc_streamzap ./drivers/ledxmit_streamzap
mv ./drivers/lirc_cmdir ./drivers/ledxmit_cmdir
mv ./drivers/lirc_mceusb2 ./drivers/ledxmit_mceusb2

# lirc 0.8.2 adders
mv ./drivers/lirc_ttusbir ./drivers/ledxmit_ttusbir

echo "$0: Moving lirc files"
find . -name '*lirc*' -print > lircfiles.txt
for i in `cat lircfiles.txt`
  do
    if [ -f $i ] ; then
    NewFileName=`echo $i | sed 's/lirc/ledxmit/'`
    mv $i $NewFileName
  fi
done

echo "$0: Renaming lirc vars in files"
find . | xargs grep -l lirc > lircvars.txt
for i in `cat lircvars.txt`
  do
if [ -f $i ] ; then
    cat $i | sed 's/lirc/ledxmit/g' > $i.newfile
    mv $i.newfile $i
  fi
done

echo "$0: Renaming LIRC vars in files"
find . | xargs grep -l LIRC > LIRCvars.t...

I have a post in the ubuntu forum relating to this.

I was able to get it to work in feisty to drive a homemade ir blaster.

Here's what I did:

HOW TO MYTHTV LIRC SERIAL IRBLASTER

Making lirc work in any version of Ubuntu seems more difficult than necessary.

This has been adapted from another how to located here:

http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public...ting_LIRC_Make

The above post and version did not work on feisty --

Heres how to create ledxmit on Feisty:

Here it is.

Before starting make sure some necessary utilities are installed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install setserial

INSTALLING

Get LIRC version 0.8.2 from the LIRC download page
Code:

cd ~
 mkdir myth-ledxmit ; cd myth-ledxmit
 wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lirc/lirc-0.8.2.tar.bz2
 bzip2 -d *bz2 ; tar xf *tar

Create this shell script that will create a new version of lirc called ledxmit that is independent of the regular lirc.

gedit ~/myth-ledxmit/myth-ledxmit82-feisty.sh

cut and paste the following into the file
Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
# myth-ledxmit.sh
#
# by jds-myth !at! losdos.dyndns.org
# portions by rwraithr !at! iwamble.net
#
# for details on how and why to use this script, see
# http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html
#
set -e
#
#
if [ ! $# -eq 1 ]
then
  echo "usage: $0 lirc-directory"
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d $1 ]
then
  echo "error: directory '$1' not found."
  exit 1
fi

rm -rf myth-ledxmit.WIP
echo "$0: Copying lirc source directory..."
cp -r $1 myth-ledxmit.WIP

cd myth-ledxmit.WIP
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
  echo "error: unable to cd to 'myth-ledxmit.WIP'."
  exit 1
fi

echo "$0: Moving lirc directories"
mv ./drivers/lirc_atiusb   ./drivers/ledxmit_atiusb
mv ./drivers/lirc_mceusb   ./drivers/ledxmit_mceusb
mv ./drivers/lirc_bt829    ./drivers/ledxmit_bt829
mv ./drivers/lirc_dev      ./drivers/ledxmit_dev
mv ./drivers/lirc_gpio     ./drivers/ledxmit_gpio
mv ./drivers/lirc_i2c      ./drivers/ledxmit_i2c
mv ./drivers/lirc_it87     ./drivers/ledxmit_it87
mv ./drivers/lirc_parallel ./drivers/ledxmit_parallel
mv ./drivers/lirc_serial   ./drivers/ledxmit_serial
mv ./drivers/lirc_sir      ./drivers/ledxmit_sir
mv ./drivers/lirc_sasem    ./drivers/ledxmit_sasem
mv ./drivers/lirc_igorplugusb ./drivers/ledxmit_igorplugusb

# lirc 0.7.2 adders
mv ./drivers/lirc_imon     ./drivers/ledxmit_imon
mv ./drivers/lirc_streamzap  ./drivers/ledxmit_streamzap
mv ./drivers/lirc_cmdir    ./drivers/ledxmit_cmdir
mv ./drivers/lirc_mceusb2  ./drivers/ledxmit_mceusb2

# lirc 0.8.2 adders
mv ./drivers/lirc_ttusbir ./drivers/ledxmit_ttusbir

echo "$0: Moving lirc files"
find . -name '*lirc*' -print > lircfiles.txt
for i in `cat lircfiles.txt`
  do
    if [ -f $i ] ; then
    NewFileName=`echo $i | sed 's/lirc/ledxmit/'`
    mv $i $NewFileName
  fi
done

echo "$0: Renaming lirc vars in files"
find . | xargs grep -l lirc > lircvars.txt
for i in `cat lircvars.txt`
  do
if [ -f $i ] ; then
    cat $i | sed 's/lirc/ledxmit/g' > $i.newfile
    mv $i.newfile $i
  fi
done

echo "$0: Renaming LIRC vars in files"
find . | xargs grep -l LIRC > LIRCvars.txt
for i in `cat LIRCvars.txt`
  do
    if [ -f $i ] ; then
    cat $i | sed 's/LIRC/LEDXMIT/g' > $i.newfile
    mv $i.newfile $i
  fi
done

echo "$0: Restoring exec permissions"
chmod +x ./configure ./*.sh

# while the following configure statement makes the default port COM2 (= /dev/ttyS1),
# there are examples later in this document which show how to tell the driver that you
# in fact want to use COM1 (=/dev/ttyS0) instead.

echo "$0: Running configure"
./configure --program-prefix=ledxmit- --prefix=/usr/local/lirc-ledxmit \
  --with-major=72 --with-port=0x2f8 --with-irq=3 --with-transmitter \
  --enable-sandboxed --with-driver=serial

echo "$0: Running make"
make
echo "$0: Complete"

Make it executable
Code:

chmod 755 ~/myth-ledxmit/myth-ledxmit82-feisty.sh

Run the script
Code:

~/myth-ledxmit/myth-ledxmit82-feisty.sh lirc-0.8.2

Change to the myth-ledxmit.WIP directory
Code:

cd ~/myth-ledxmit/myth-ledxmit.WIP

Install
Code:

sudo make install

NOTE: All of the newly created LIRC executables are copied by "make install" to a separate tree under /usr/local/lirc-ledxmit.
No MythTV nor Linux configuration files are changed during this process.

SETTING UP

CREATE /etc/ledxmit.conf will need to be setup with your remote codes

see this link http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/

You can create your own if your cable or sat box is not listed.

Mine was a visonetics and contains the following:
Code:

#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using WinLIRC 0.6.5 (LIRC 0.6.1pre3) on Thu Apr 20 00:35:35 2006
#
# contributed by Tom Graham
#
# brand:             Visionetics
# model:
# supported devices:
#

begin remote

name  visionetics
  bits           16
  flags SPACE_ENC
  eps            25
  aeps          100

header       8972  4550
  one           538   586
  zero          538  1716
  ptrail        538
  repeat       8986  2284
  pre_data_bits   16
  pre_data       0x9E29
  gap          40153
  toggle_bit      0

begin codes
          1                        0x0000000000007F80
          2                        0x000000000000BF40
          3                        0x0000000000003FC0
          4                        0x000000000000DF20
          5                        0x0000000000005FA0
          6                        0x0000000000009F60
          7                        0x0000000000001FE0
          8                        0x000000000000EF10
          9                        0x0000000000006F90
          0                        0x000000000000AF50
          ok                       0x0000000000008F70
          volup                    0x00000000000047B8
          voldown                  0x000000000000F708
          chup                     0x00000000000017E8
          chdown                   0x00000000000037C8
          mute                     0x00000000000057A8
          exit                     0x000000000000CF30
          power                    0x000000000000B748
      end codes

end remote

Create /etc/modutils/lirc-ledxmit

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/modutils/lirc-ledxmit

Insert the following for COM2 Serial IR Blaster
Code:

# FILE:  /etc/modutils/lirc-ledxmit
alias char-major-72 ledxmit_serial
below ledxmit_serial ledxmit_dev
# !!! note DEFAULT is COM2 !!!  
# for COM1, simply uncomment the following:
# options ledxmit_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
# for COM2, do nothing, or uncomment the following:
 options ledxmit_serial irq=3 io=0x2f8

Save the file

Add the new modules list

Code:

sudo  /sbin/update-modules

Make the device node
Code:

sudo /bin/mknod /dev/ledxmit c 72 0

Disable the regular serial port driver
Code:

sudo /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none     # (IS for COM2 use /dev/ttyS0 for COM1)

Install the ledxmit_serial module:
Code:

sudo /sbin/modprobe ledxmit_serial

Make sure it's working
Code:

sudo lsmod | grep ledxmit

you should see the following:

ledxmit_serial 7104 0
ledxmit_dev 8560 1 [ledxmit_serial]

Start up the ledxmit daemon
Code:

sudo  /usr/local/lirc-ledxmit/sbin/ledxmit-ledxmitd -L /tmp/ledxmitd.log

(this starts the deamon ledxmitd and creates a listening socket at /dev/ledxmitd)

Verify both ledxmit-related devices are now present and have the proper attributes:
Code:

ls -sl /dev/led*

you should see:

0 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 72, 0 May 4 20:57 /dev/ledxmit
0 srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 May 4 20:57 /dev/ledxmitd

Create startup scrit
Code:

sudo gedit /etc/startledxmit.sh

Insert the following into itL
Code:

/sbin/update-modules
/bin/mknod /dev/ledxmit c 72 0
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none     # use this for COM2
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none     # (or use /dev/ttyS0 for COM1)
/sbin/modprobe ledxmit_serial
/usr/local/lirc-ledxmit/sbin/ledxmit-ledxmitd -L /tmp/ledxmitd.log

save the file and exit gedit

Make it executable
Code:

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/startledxmit.sh

Set the script to start
Code:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

add the following line before exit 0

Code:

/bin/sh /etc/init.d/startledxmit.sh

save the file and exit gedit

TEST IT

This is assuming you have a visionetics remote devicedescribed in /etc/ledxmit.conf

The command below would turn a visionetics device on or off

Code:

/usr/local/lirc-ledxmit/bin/ledxmit-irsend SEND_ONCE visionetics  power

Your remote device will be different so adjust the above command

see also
google for irsend for syntax

Change Channel Script.

To get MythTv to use the Blaster create a change channel script. --> See it here:http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public...ting_LIRC_Make

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Bruma (matjaz.brumec) wrote on 2007-09-15:

#3

Well this is one way to get it working, better way (Ubuntu way) is described here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_Lirc_Feisty, but both howto-s requires compiling lirc_serial modul, which is not what you want for regular users.

The best way would be precompiled and packed module in lirc package...

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-15:

#4

Bruma,

So you think that another kernel module perhaps called lirc_serial_igor would suffice? Just the same lirc module compiled with the igor setup? I can probably get a patch together like that.

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Bruma (matjaz.brumec) wrote on 2007-09-16:

#5

Yes, I think this would be good solution or my be only solution, so that we don't brake normal serial module. But I'm not sure what affect would this name change have on module functionality.
If you make a patch I can test it.

Mario Limonciello (superm1) on 2007-09-17

Changed in lirc:
assignee:	nobody → superm1
status:	Incomplete → In Progress
Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22:
assignee:	nobody → superm1
status:	New → In Progress

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-17:

#6

This and a few other LIRC bugs are fixed in the debdiff that i'm attaching. The change for the lirc_serial_igor has also been submitted to linux-ubuntu-modules.

Subscribing ubuntu-main-sponsors for upload.

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-17:

#7

updated debdiff

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-18:

#8

lirc-ubuntu5-ubuntu6.debdiff Edit (97.8 KiB, text/plain)

updated debdiff

Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) on 2007-09-18

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-18:

#9

lirc (0.8.2-0ubuntu6) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Add 20_serial_igor.dpatch for additional serial kernel module
    that is built with Igor Cesko support. (LP: #138247)
  * debian/patches/21_atiusb.dpatch:
    - for support of first generation ATI RF remote. (LP: #139238)
    - snapstream firefly support. (LP: #140060)
  * debian/lirc.postinst, debian/lirc.postrm, debian/lirc.templates:
    - Blacklist lirc_atiusb.ko when necessary (LP: #139961)
  * debian/rules, debian/lirc.preinst:
    - Update the service to start after alsa-utils (LP: #123557)

-- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:56:54 -0500

Changed in lirc:
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

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Bruma (matjaz.brumec) wrote on 2007-09-18:

#10

I tried new patch:
apt-get source -d lirc
tar xzvf lirc_0.8.2.orig.tar.gz
cd lirc-0.8.2/
zcat ../lirc_0.8.2-0ubuntu5.diff.gz | patch -p1
cat ../lirc-ubuntu5-ubuntu6.debdiff | patch -p1
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -sa -d

and then install it with
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gnome sudo dpkg -i lirc_0.8.2-0ubuntu6_i386.deb

New configuration is now in the list and creates proper configuration hardware.conf. But now I'm missing lirc_serial_igor module. I notice that lirc_serial modul is part of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-11-generic.

Mario, what do you think, should package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-11-generic also be fixed?

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote on 2007-09-19: Re: [Bug 138247] Re: Lirc doesn't support Home-brew serial-port driver Igor Cesko's variation

#11

Bruma wrote:
> I tried new patch:
> apt-get source -d lirc
> tar xzvf lirc_0.8.2.orig.tar.gz
> cd lirc-0.8.2/
> zcat ../lirc_0.8.2-0ubuntu5.diff.gz | patch -p1
> cat ../lirc-ubuntu5-ubuntu6.debdiff | patch -p1
> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -sa -d
>
> and then install it with
> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gnome sudo dpkg -i lirc_0.8.2-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
>
> New configuration is now in the list and creates proper configuration
> hardware.conf. But now I'm missing lirc_serial_igor module. I notice
> that lirc_serial modul is part of linux-ubuntu-
> modules-2.6.22-11-generic.
>
> Mario, what do you think, should package linux-ubuntu-
> modules-2.6.22-11-generic also be fixed?
>
This has been applied to linux-ubuntu-modules as well. The next release
that the kernel team has will reflect it.

--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>

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Ben Collins (ben-collins) wrote on 2007-09-20:

#12

linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 (2.6.22-12.29) gutsy; urgency=low

[Ben Collins]

* ABI bump for -12
* ubuntu: Add amd64 to xen target

[Chuck Short]

* Add Attansic Gigabit Ethernet support
- LP: #77725

[Mario Limonciello]

* Create lirc_serial_igor based from lirc_serial
- LP: #138247

[Phillip Lougher]

  * Update Unionfs to 2.1.3 and patch for apparmor VFS changes
  * Various hacks and bug fixes for Unionfs 2.1.3
    - LP: #138915
  * More Unionfs 2.1.3 bug hacks and bug fixes

[Tim Gardner]

  * Update iwlwifi to 0.1.15
    - LP: #137441
  * Update iwlwifi to 0.1.16
  * Add provenance for Attansic L2 ethernet driver
    - LP: #77725
  * Forward ported rtl818x from Feisty
  * Update iwlwifi to 1.1.0
    - LP: #141000
  * ESSID gets truncated
    - LP: #74672

-- Ben Collins <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25:15 -0400

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Bruma (matjaz.brumec) wrote on 2007-09-27:

#13

I tested lirc_serial_igor modul with latest kernel (2.6.22-12-generic) and lirc (0.8.2-0ubuntu7) package and I can confirm that new module is working OK.

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Murz (murznn) wrote on 2009-06-05:

#14

It didn't work on Kubuntu Jaunty amd64 with "Home-brew (Igor Cesko's variant)(16x50 UART compatible serial port)".
I have a "Igor Cesko's variant IR Receiver" that works with Girder 3.2 & IgorXP.dll.
But I can't tune lirc to work with it!
I have install lirc, select "Home-brew (Igor Cesko's variant)(16x50 UART compatible serial port)" in Receivers and None in Transmitters.
I try to set the option:
LIRC_SERIAL_CFLAGS=" -DLIRC_SERIAL_SOFTCARRIER -DLIRC_SERIAL_IGOR"
or not to set.
LIRC starts succesfully, but irw and mode2 shows none when I press the buttons on IR Transmitter".

On starting LIRC I see in message.log:
Jun 5 21:08:52 kit kernel: [ 2393.195311] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
Jun 5 21:08:53 kit kernel: [ 2393.700880] lirc_serial_igor: auto-detected active low receiver
Jun 5 21:08:53 kit kernel: [ 2393.700890] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0

# lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_serial_igor 23336 0
lirc_dev 22088 1 lirc_serial_igor

I try this on two computers (one is fresh Jaunty, other - upgraded from Intrepid).

What I do wrong and how to get it works with Jaunty?
Can I give you additional info about this problem?

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Murz (murznn) wrote on 2009-06-05:

#15

I have open a new bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/384011 because this is too old, kernel is 2.6.28-11-generic.

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Mario Limonciello
	lirc (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Mario Limonciello

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