[FIXED] Re: lirc on Debian with AMD64

[Greg Vickers <daehenoc@optusnet.com.au>]

Hi all,

Marty wrote:
> Greg Vickers wrote:
> > Hi Marty,

<snip>

> Sorry.  I'm not familiar with udev or lirc, nor how they interact in 
> deciding device names.  It's surprising to me because I'm using the 
> upstream lirc, 0.8.2, and I get /dev/lirc0, as Debian's udev expects.
>
> > I'll try my mitigation strategy of removing the Hauppauge and 
> > installing my Compro DVB card.

OK, I found out that Debian Etch uses a new input layer, and that the IR 
inputs are in /dev/input/eventX where X corresponds the event number of 
your input devices in 'cat /proc/bus/input/devices'

So my IR device is /dev/input/event1, instead of /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0.

Wooties!

Greg