I figured this out eventually, was a schoolboy error, forgot to add lirc_mceusb to /etc/modules
On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 10:33 +0000, Patrick Carey wrote: > hi, i've just set up a new freevo box running debian etch but can't seem > to get lirc to work, i had it working perfectly under ubuntu edgy > following this tutorial > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_Lirc_Edgy > > i did basically the same steps on my etch box and all seemed to have > installed well but when i try irw it doesn't wait at the prompt for a > signal, it just exits straight out with no mesage > > i checked dmesg and found > > lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 > lirc_mceusb: no version for "lirc_unregister_plugin" found: kernel > tainted. > usbcore: registered new driver lirc_mceusb > /usr/src/modules/lirc/drivers/lirc_mceusb/lirc_mceusb.c: USB Microsoft > IR Transceiver Driver v0.2 > > i have no idea what i'm doing wrong here,any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > cheers, Paddy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users