[SOLVED] LIRC config looks fine but my remote doesn't work.

Question

Following the steps of the wiki and this post I've created the configs file for lirc. But something is not working and I don't know how to find out what.
I'm going to post some info so you guys can help me:
➜  ~  cat  /usr/lib/systemd/system/lirc.service
[Unit]
Description=Linux Infrared Remote Control
[Service]
Type=forking
EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/lircd.conf
PIDFile=/run/lirc/lircd.pid
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/lirc
ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /dev/lircd
ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /run/lirc/lircd
ExecStartPre=/bin/ln -s /run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd -d $LIRC_DEVICE -P /run/lirc/lircd.pid -H $LIRC_DRIVER $LIRC_CONFIGFILE
ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /dev/lircd
ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -fR /run/lirc
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
➜  ~  cat /etc/conf.d/lircd.conf               
LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
LIRC_DRIVER="default"
LIRC_EXTRAOPTS=""
LIRC_CONFIGFILE="/etc/lirc/lircd.conf"
My lircd.conf
➜  ~  cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf                                   
# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <[email protected]>
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.9.0(default) on Sun Sep 29 15:25:37 2013
# contributed by
# brand: /tmp/lircd.conf
# model no. of remote control:
# devices being controlled by this remote:
begin remote
name /tmp/lircd.conf
bits 16
flags RC6|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
header 2750 800
one 487 374
zero 487 374
pre_data_bits 21
pre_data 0x37FF0
gap 105336
toggle_bit_mask 0x0
rc6_mask 0x100000000
begin codes
KEY_OK 0xFBDD
KEY_PLAY 0x7B91
KEY_PLAYPAUSE 0xFB91
KEY_REWIND 0x7BEA
KEY_PREVIOUS 0xFBE4
KEY_FORWARD 0x7BEB
KEY_NEXT 0xFBE5
KEY_STOP 0x7BE6
KEY_MUTE 0xFBF1
KEY_VOLUMEUP 0x7BEF
KEY_VOLUMEDOWN 0xFBEE
KEY_PAGEUP 0x7BED
KEY_PAGEDOWN 0xFBEC
KEY_DOWN 0x7BE0
end codes
end remote
The service seems to be running fine:
➜  ~  systemctl status lirc.service
lirc.service - Linux Infrared Remote Control
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lirc.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2013-09-29 16:38:49 ART; 20min ago
Process: 248 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd -d $LIRC_DEVICE -P /run/lirc/lircd.pid -H $LIRC_DRIVER $LIRC_CONFIGFILE (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 246 ExecStartPre=/bin/ln -s /run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 244 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /run/lirc/lircd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 240 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /dev/lircd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 234 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/lirc (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 250 (lircd)
CGroup: /system.slice/lirc.service
└─250 /usr/sbin/lircd -d /dev/lirc0 -P /run/lirc/lircd.pid -H default /etc/...
➜  ~  cat /var/log/lircd                 
Sep 29 17:02:31 arch-HP lircd: caught signal
Sep 29 17:02:31 arch-HP lircd: lircd(default) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
When I test it nothing happens
➜  ~  irw
the journalctl shows:
Sep 29 17:04:47 arch-HP systemd[1]: Stopping Linux Infrared Remote Control...
Sep 29 17:04:47 arch-HP systemd[1]: Starting Linux Infrared Remote Control...
Sep 29 17:04:47 arch-HP systemd[1]: Started Linux Infrared Remote Control.
Any clue?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Kummo666 (2013-09-30 18:10:19)

Answer 1

Solve it!
Looks like my /etc/lirc/lircd.conf was wrong.
The irrecord is generating a wrong config with my hp rc-6 remote.
I was able to fix it with this post