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Slackware lirc with mceusb

For my older installation (Slackware 12.2) I made this post to get lirc working.

Woodsman has posted this post and this post about starting lirc, which may help.

On Arch, where lirc is currently working, I have the following output
$ lsmod | grep lirc
ir_lirc_codec           4027  3 
lirc_dev                9359  1 ir_lirc_codec
rc_core                13280  14 mceusb,ir_nec_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_sony_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_lirc_codec,cx88xx,rc_winfast

However, I did the following for my Slackware 13.37:

1. I firstly installed lirc from Slackbuilds.
2. I tried to start lircd but had to create a folder to prevent the following error:
• lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid
  lircd: No such file or directory
• Simple solution, use the following command (as root):
  # mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
3. Start lircd with this command (as root)
   # lircd -d /dev/lirc/0

lircd.conf in /etc/lirc folder

#


# brand:                        HP 


# model no. of remote control:  TSGH-IR01


# devices being controlled by this remote: HP Slimline S3100y


#


# RC-6 config file


#


# source: http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/projects_remote_control.htm


#         http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/pronto.pdf


#


# used by: Philips


#


#########


#


# Philips Media Center Edition remote control


# For use with the USB MCE ir receiver


#


# Dan Conti  dconti|acm.wwu.edu


#


# Updated with codes for MCE 2005 Remote additional buttons


# *, #, Teletext, Red, Green, Yellow & Blue Buttons


# Note: TV power button transmits no code until programmed.


# Updated 12th September 2005


# Graham Auld - mce|graham.auld.me.uk


#


# Radio, Print, RecTV are only available on the HP Media Center remote control


#


#


# Updated with codes for MCE 2007 Remote additional buttons


# Visualization, Aspect, SlideShow, Eject


# Note: 


# Renamed some buttons: DVD->DVDMenu, More->MoreInfo, Star->Asterisk, Hash->Pound


# Note: 


# Blue, Yellow, Green, Red, and Teletext buttons do not exist on the HP remote






begin remote






  name        mceusb


  bits                 16


  flags  RC6|CONST_LENGTH


  eps                  30


  aeps                100






  header       2667   889


  one           444   444


  zero          444   444


  pre_data_bits        21


  pre_data        0x37FF0


  gap              105000


  toggle_bit           22


  rc6_mask    0x100000000










      begin codes






#seen on HP Pavilion dv3t remote  --Tim Mann, 3 Nov 2009


Media         0x00007b7f


PlayPause     0x00007b91










#unused by HP remote


Blue      0x00007ba1


Yellow      0x00007ba2


Green      0x00007ba3


Red      0x00007ba4


Teletext      0x00007ba5






#ba6 - bae unused 


        BA6           0x00007ba6


        BA7           0x00007ba7


        BA8           0x00007ba8


        BA9           0x00007ba9


        BAA           0x00007baa


        BAB           0x00007bab


        BAC           0x00007bac


        BAD           0x00007bad


        BAE           0x00007bae






        Radio         0x00007baf


        Print         0x00007bb1






#bb2 - bb4 unused  


        BB2           0x00007bb2


        BB3           0x00007bb3


        BB4           0x00007bb4






        Videos        0x00007bb5


        Pictures      0x00007bb6


        RecTV         0x00007bb7


        Music         0x00007bb8


        TV            0x00007bb9






#bba - bbf unused 


        BBA           0x00007bba


        BBB           0x00007bbb


        BBC           0x00007bbc


        BBD           0x00007bbd


        BBE           0x00007bbe


        BBF           0x00007bbf


#bc1 - bca unused 


        BC1           0x00007bc1


        BC2           0x00007bc2


        BC3           0x00007bc3


        BC4           0x00007bc4


        BC5           0x00007bc5


        BC6           0x00007bc6


        BC7           0x00007bc7


        BC8           0x00007bc8


        BC9           0x00007bc9


        BCA           0x00007bca






        Eject         0x00007bcb


        SlideShow     0x00007bcc


        Visualization 0x00007bcd






#bce - bcf unused 


        BCE           0x00007bce


        BCF           0x00007bcf


#bd1 - bd7 unused 


        BD1           0x00007bd1


        BD2           0x00007bd2


        BD3           0x00007bd3


        BD4           0x00007bd4


        BD5           0x00007bd5


        BD6           0x00007bd6


        BD7           0x00007bd7






        Aspect        0x00007bd8


        Guide         0x00007bd9


        LiveTV        0x00007bda


        DVD           0x00007bdb


#NoGap


        Back          0x00007bdc


        OK            0x00007bdd


        Right         0x00007bde


        Left          0x00007bdf


        Down          0x00007be0


        Up            0x00007be1


#NoGap


        Star          0x00007be2


        Hash          0x00007be3


#NoGap


        Replay        0x00007be4


        Skip          0x00007be5


        Stop          0x00007be6


        Pause         0x00007be7


        Record        0x00007be8


        Play          0x00007be9


        Rewind        0x00007bea


        Forward       0x00007beb


#NoGap


        ChanDown      0x00007bec


        ChanUp        0x00007bed


        VolDown       0x00007bee


        VolUp         0x00007bef


#NoGap


        More          0x00007bf0


        Mute          0x00007bf1


        Home          0x00007bf2


        Power         0x00007bf3


#NoGap


        Enter         0x00007bf4


        Clear         0x00007bf5


#NoGap


        Nine          0x00007bf6


        Eight         0x00007bf7


        Seven         0x00007bf8


        Six           0x00007bf9


        Five          0x00007bfa


        Four          0x00007bfb


        Three         0x00007bfc


        Two           0x00007bfd


        One           0x00007bfe


        Zero          0x00007bff


      end codes






end remote