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

X3lectric · 2011-02-01 15:32

lol what a looser with a capital L

vikjon0 · 2011-02-01 15:37

ok, unsubscribed.

scalpel · 2011-02-01 21:09

I installed kernel 2.6.37, remote working but have double presses in xbmc. So i turn off lirc and now works but only cursors keys. I will be grateful for any info to get it working.

lachmac · 2011-02-01 22:16

I also upgraded the kernel, and am now looking for a "how-to" to get the remote working.

scalpel Wrote:I installed kernel 2.6.37, remote working but have double presses in xbmc. So i turn off lirc and now works but only cursors keys. I will be grateful for any info to get it working.

scalpel · 2011-02-01 22:59

it works but somethings wrong with keymap or similiar

xp314a · 2011-03-02 23:23

I was able to get LIRC working with the nuvoton-cir kernel module. I'm not sure at what point the module was added to the Ubuntu kernel, but I know for sure that it is in 2.6.38-5-generic (the default kernel in the latest Natty build).

Something to note, at some point in all this I started having to use 'sudo irw' rather than just 'irw'.

To confirm the module is in your kernel build, run 'lsmod | grep nuvoton' and you should see something like:

Code:

nuvoton_cir            17643  0

rc_core                25760  10 mceusb,ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decode​r,rc_rc6_mce,ir_nec_decoder,nuvoton_cir

Just make sure 'nuvoton_cir' is there.

To make LIRC work with the in-kernel module, I had to install LIRC 0.9.0-pre1. I compiled it from Git and, to avoid having to deal with configuration and initscripts, I installed it right over the top of the apt package. The commands to do this are (you may have to install dependencies for this to work):

Code:

git clone git://lirc.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lirc/lirc

cd lirc

./autogen.sh

./configure --with-driver=userspace --prefix=/usr

make

sudo make install

Then I ran 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc' and selected 'Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)' under 'Remote control configuration' and 'None' under 'IR transmitter'.

At this point I was getting the appropriate response in 'sudo irw', but I got no response from XBMC. Everything appeared to be in order, so I just rebooted and the remote started working properly.

Something to note, before I installed the new version of LIRC, immediately upon booting from the new kernel, the arrow keys were working. Apparently the in-kernel decoding passes the arrow key presses (and some others) to XBMC. Once you get LIRC working with the in-kernel module, you will have double key presses for some keys. In this thread on the LIRC mailing list, a guy posts a link to here with a new initscript that disables the in-kernel decoding. Replace /etc/init.d/lirc with this new initscript. Then give it execute permissions with 'sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/lirc'. Note that I had to download the file to my laptop then scp it my ASRock, because I couldn't get it download via wget.

Also, before I installed the new version of LIRC, I uninstalled all the ASRock IR driver packages, as they are no longer needed.

Hopefully I didn't miss anything.

scalpel · 2011-03-02 23:33

Thanks for reply, but tell me can you use remote in other programs like by only built in kernel modules?

xp314a · 2011-03-02 23:46

I would think so, but I can't say for sure as I don't have any other programs to test (I just run xbmc-live over a Ubuntu minimal install).

Rooster242 · 2011-03-03 21:04

vikjon0 Wrote:X3lectric, I went for you solution after all, the current version is the smoothest. Thank you very much.

I changed it around to one line dpkg. It works fine and is a bit quicker.

Code:

mkdir Downloads cd Downloads

Code:

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-vdr/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nct677x-dkms/lirc-nct677x-src_1.0.4-1yavdr1_all.deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yavdr/stable-vdr/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nct677x-dkms/nct677x-dkms_1.0.4-1yavdr1_all.deb http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4325533/lirc-nct677x-1.0.4-ubuntu10.04_kernel2.6.32-25.deb http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4325533/lirc-nct677x-x64-1.0.4-ubuntu10.04_kernel2.6.32-25.deb

Code:

sudo dpkg -i nct677x-dkms_1.0.4-1yavdr1_all.deb lirc-nct677x-src_1.0.4-1yavdr1_all.deb lirc-nct677x-1.0.4-ubuntu10.04_kernel2.6.32-25.deb

EDIT:
I have made a complete and clean config and I am creating a clonezilla restore disk right now. If I can find a good place I will upload it somewhere.

Had all kinds of issues after messing around with this for hours. Finally reinstalled XBMC Live on my ASRock ION 3D and followed X3lectric and vikjon0 instructions and violla, works like a charm with the 2.6.32-26 kernel. Thanks guys!

Oh, and I backed up my xbmc profile and restored it after the reinstall... worked great! Kept all my settings and libraries, didn't have to reconfigure a thing.

demod · 2011-03-04 03:28

Quick update, there was a problem in the latest kernel with relation to the Asrock (nuvoton) code. It worked perfectly, but just would not power on or resume from standby.

This was killing me as I wanted to get off the xbmcfreak install I had of one of the release candidates. So I set out to find the fix, anyways a month later I've found it, posted the fix to the dev, and its all working perfectly.

My main reason for moving was boot speed. With a bit of tinkering I could get my xbmcfreak ION 330HT to boot in 45sec.

The guys at openelec made an instant kernel patch and have included the bug fix in their latest RC3. I now cold boot in 20s from power on! Didn't need to muck about with anything, just installed and go.

Go for the ION builds:
http://www.openelec.tv/get-openelec

The patch is also making its way to official kernel releases, I've been told it might make 2.6.38. If not, it'll go into 2.6.39, and 2.6.38.1.

X3lectric Closed Account Posts: 1,756 Joined: Feb 2006 Location: in a Dropbox	2011-02-01 15:32 Post: #471 lol what a looser with a capital L
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vikjon0 --- Posts: 2,430 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 7 Location: Sweden	2011-02-01 15:37 Post: #472 ok, unsubscribed.
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scalpel Senior Member Posts: 106 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-02-01 21:09 Post: #473 I installed kernel 2.6.37, remote working but have double presses in xbmc. So i turn off lirc and now works but only cursors keys. I will be grateful for any info to get it working.
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lachmac Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-02-01 22:16 Post: #474 I also upgraded the kernel, and am now looking for a "how-to" to get the remote working. scalpel Wrote:I installed kernel 2.6.37, remote working but have double presses in xbmc. So i turn off lirc and now works but only cursors keys. I will be grateful for any info to get it working.
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scalpel Senior Member Posts: 106 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-02-01 22:59 Post: #475 it works but somethings wrong with keymap or similiar
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scalpel Senior Member Posts: 106 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-02 23:33 Post: #477 Thanks for reply, but tell me can you use remote in other programs like by only built in kernel modules?
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xp314a Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-02 23:46 Post: #478 I would think so, but I can't say for sure as I don't have any other programs to test (I just run xbmc-live over a Ubuntu minimal install).
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