ASRock ION 330HT (2nd gen) - built-in IR, which lirc driver?

**prae5** · 2009-11-20 21:21

BlueC Wrote:Hmmm, but it creates the device in /dev so that makes me think the driver *does* work.

No that is not necessary the case. It will load if it finds any serial device - standard comm ports, etc...

marathont · 2009-11-20 23:12

BlueC Wrote:Hmmm, but it creates the device in /dev so that makes me think the driver *does* work.

After the modprobe, can you try running "mode2" then button mashing the remote? Any joy?

Or maybe you need "mode2 --device=/dev/lirc0"

Any luck with that?

I ran mode2 --device=/dev/lirc0

Code:

mode2: could not open /dev/lirc0

mode2: default_init(): Device or resource busy

BlueC · 2009-11-20 23:41

marathont Wrote:I ran mode2 --device=/dev/lirc0

Code:

mode2: could not open /dev/lirc0 mode2: default_init(): Device or resource busy

Did you do that as root? Or with sudo? Oh, and did you make sure lircd isn't running too?

oysteinr · 2009-11-21 01:41

Hi! I am having the same problem with my asrock 330ht. After reading through this thread, i tried "dmesg" and "ls /dev/lirc*", but the output seems a bit different. Any ideas?

11 last lines from dmesg output:

Code:

[   20.582273] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61 

[   20.592116] 

[   20.592122] lirc_mceusb2: Philips eHome USB IR Transceiver and Microsoft MCE 2005 Remote Control driver for LIRC $Revision: 1.44 $

[   20.592129] lirc_mceusb2: Daniel Melander <lirc@rajidae.se>, Martin Blatter <martin_a_blatter@yahoo.com>

[   20.595399] usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_mceusb2

[   23.616300] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3

[   23.616311] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast

[   23.643265] Bridge firewalling registered

[   25.170228] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver

[   39.484019] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

ls /dev/lirc*:

Code:

xbmc@xbmc-htpc:~$ ls /dev/lirc*

/dev/lircd

I'm running ubuntu 9.04 desktop if that makes any difference

Maximus.CC64 · 2009-11-21 11:48

I scanned the "nuviocirxp.inf" which states that the device is a W836x7HG, after searching the nuvoton website it seems that this is a hardware monitoring chip. But the "x" seems to represent different models:

W836x7HG
W83637HG-AW LPC Super I/O for Desktop & Server
W83667HG LPC Super I/O for Desktop & Server
W83697HG LPC Super I/O for Desktop & Server

So which one is it ? Time to take a look inside. As i opened up my ION-330-HT-B-BB the chip states to be a: Nuvoton NCT6775F
http://www.isd.com/hq/enu/ProductAndSale...T6775F.htm

As is clearly seen in the productspecification:
http://www.isd.com/hq/enu/ProductAndSale...AndServer/

The NCT6775F is the only one with a Consumer-IR.

Therefore i can conclude that, if the device is recognized as being a W83667HG stated by cyberbird and BlueC (which has no IR functionality), this cannot possibly work.

Gr. Maximus.CC64

astensland · 2009-11-21 15:23

I just bought an ASRock ION 330HT, and discovered that the remote control is not working (using XBMC Live based on 9.11 alpha 2). I was a little unsure if it was something I did wrong, but reading this thread it becomes apparent that this is a general problem. As I can see it, there are 3 options:

1. Wait for the vendor to release a linux driver.
2. Use windows instead
3. Buy a separate USB IR receiver and use this instead.

Option 1 is really only an option if a driver is right around the corner and so far we do not have any information that will support this.

Option 2 is in my opinion not a good solution until the porting from OpenGL to DirectX is completed since hardware acceleration is only supported on linux at the moment.

Option 3 is probably the one I will go for, since a new usb IR receiver is not that expensive. Can anyone please recommend a usb IR receiver that is compatible with XBMC Live and MCE (so that I can use one of my 3 MCE remotes...)??

kingaru · 2009-11-21 17:52

astensland Wrote:...

Option 3 is probably the one I will go for, since a new usb IR receiver is not that expensive. Can anyone please recommend a usb IR receiver that is compatible with XBMC Live and MCE (so that I can use one of my 3 MCE remotes...)??

I'm using Philips OVU412000 USB IR Remote Receiver with ASROCK ION 330 with + Logitech harmony RC from day one and it works out of the box with default lirc support. The receiver cost me only 15 euros.

Regards
K

scoopy2scoops · 2009-11-22 12:52

Got this response from Asrock, seems to be pretty much the same response as previously posted:

Hello,

We have more requests coming in for this issue. I have asked our HQ in Taiwan to contact the IR controller manufacturer and check if they can provide or create drivers. The IR controller is a Nuvoton W836x7HG.

If you know some skilled Linux programmers that can write drivers, then I can try to bring them in contact with Nuvoton, in case they need any help with that. Please do not put my mail address on some forum, but ask those programmers to contact us via the form on our website that you have also used, using UK or Netherlands as Country. Or you can make the contact. I want to do everything I can to get you and the other Linux users suitable drivers.

It might help if more people also contact Nuvoton directly to ask for such drivers.

Best regards,
ASRock Support

http://www.asrock.com/support/tsd.asp

Maximus.CC64 · 2009-11-22 13:07

Request Linux drivers here: ComputerIC@nuvoton.com

astensland · 2009-11-22 14:09

maximus.cc64 Wrote:request linux drivers here: computeric@nuvoton.com

done!!!

BlueC Junior Member Posts: 19 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-11-20 23:41 Post: #43 marathont Wrote:I ran mode2 --device=/dev/lirc0 Code: `mode2: could not open /dev/lirc0 mode2: default_init(): Device or resource busy` Did you do that as root? Or with sudo? Oh, and did you make sure lircd isn't running too?
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astensland Junior Member Posts: 17 Joined: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-11-22 14:09 Post: #50 maximus.cc64 Wrote:request linux drivers here: computeric@nuvoton.com done!!!
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