[marcozd]

Hello all,

I am trying to get the original xbox dvd dongle to work but I am having some trouble. I followed this guide but it is not working.

here is the output from lsmod | grep lirc

Code:

marco@optiplex:/etc/lirc$ lsmod | grep lirc
ir_lirc_codec           3092  0
ir_core                14654  7 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,mceusb
lirc_dev                9393  1 ir_lirc_codec
marco@optiplex:/etc/lirc$

and here is the output from lsusb:

Code:

marco@optiplex:/etc/lirc$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 045e:0284 Microsoft Corp. Xbox DVD Playback Kit
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:2005 Dell Computer Corp. RT7D50 Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
marco@optiplex:/etc/lirc$

Why is this not working?

[User 59505]

Hi,

Take a look to this : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=64759

[marcozd]

Hi,

Take a look to this : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=64759

That post seems to about getting an RF remote to work - I am using the orginal xbox DVD dongle that is IR based.

But thanks for your efforts.

[User 59505]

I know but try to follow the last post by launching " sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc " before trying to manually edit config files

[marcozd]

I know but try to follow the last post by launching " sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc " before trying to manually edit config files

That did not help at all.

Nothing is happening when I type "irw" - there are no codes on the screen.

Also, I don't have any "lirc_atiusb" listed anywhere as many posts such as this one.

If I follow the instructions from these guides I get the following error when I try to start LIRC:

Code:

* unable to load LIRC kernel modules.  Veryify your selected kernel modules in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

and if I type irw I get:

Code:

connect: connection refused

Any adivce on this would be great. It is really frustrating to not have this work - it appeared that all the guides on the forum for this were very straightforward and yet following any of them has not been good for me.

Thanks

[User 59505]

Did you try to reinstall Lirc ? ( can't help anymore, i'm not a Linux expert ... )

[marcozd]

Did you try to reinstall Lirc ? ( can't help anymore, i'm not a Linux expert ... )

Yep...I tried that too - no luck.

I wonder what is wrong? I will try on a 10.04 install and see how that goes.

Cheers.

[cianof]

On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:48 AM, VeNoMouS wrote:

> Is xbox support code going to be put into either of these other two?

Probably not, it likely calls for a new driver. I'm afraid it was only
recently that I figure out the xbox remotes supported by lirc_atiusb
use an entirely different key acquisition routine from the ati remotes,
which means they don't fit very well into either of the ati_remote
drivers. In theory, we could just strip lirc_atiusb down to support
only the xbox remotes and then rename it lirc_xbox or something like
that, but if someone is going to go to that much trouble, I think its
actually a better use of time to copy, say, ati_remote.c to create a
new xbox_remote.c or similar. Patches welcome, as the saying goes,
otherwise, no clue on when I might be able to get around to it mysel

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/messa...d=27319193

Found that here.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743470

Someone who knows how to do this would have to create a separate xbox driver called irc_xboxDongle since the orginal 2 ati drivers are now broken for use with the xbox remotes. Would probably have to go back to previous version on sf.net to find working ati_driver

[japher]

marcozd, do you have the 'lirc-modules-source' package installed? This is the package that contains the lirc_atiusb module.

If you have it installed, can you remove and re-add and show the output you get?

[kiwiboyus]

I was having the same issue after a fresh install of Natty 11.04, I followed ever guide and tip posted here and had no luck. Today I install Lucid 10.04, installed and the lirc-modules-source package and my remote set up just the way it's meant to

[japher]

I can also vouch for Maverick. I recently installed 10.10 and setup (of xbmc + Xbox dongle) went without a hitch.