[03:54] <qwebirc57341> i'm getting a error anytime i do anything in the control console.  it says Exception in compareState of plugin MySQL
[04:02] <qwebirc57341> anyone have any ideas that might help with this error?
[14:03] <qwebirc56516> i reloaded mythbuntu one more time last night.  i did all of the updates, and i bought a brand new mce remote and usb ir reciever.  still cant get the remote to work
[14:03] <qwebirc56516> it sees the reciever in lsusb
[14:04] <qwebirc56516> but if i restart lirc i get the following error
[14:04] <qwebirc56516> find: `/sys/class/rc/*/': No such file or directory  * Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC                               [ OK ]   * Loading LIRC modules                                                  [ OK ]  find: `/sys/class/rc/*/': No such file or directory  * Starting remote control daemon(s) :                                   [ OK ]
[14:04] <qwebirc56516> anyone able to help me with this?
[14:21] <qwebirc56516> can someone please help me with my remote.  i have bought 3 different ones now based on recomendations i recieved from this chat room and i cant seem to get them to work
[14:21] <qwebirc56516> I just want my remote to work
[14:32] <qwebirc56516> anyone?
[14:51] <qwebirc56516> kwisher you were helping me the other day on my remote.  feel like a challenge?
[14:52] <Kwisher> why?
[14:53] <qwebirc56516> Myy remotes hate me.  i bought another new remote i saw a lot of other people said worked good but even that one doesnt work
[14:53] <qwebirc56516> on my third remote and havent got any of them to work
[14:54] <Kwisher> got a link to the latest one?
[14:55] <qwebirc56516> yep http://www.frys.com/product/5390958?source=google&gclid=COv4_9bpnL8CFeIWMgodbz0AVg
[14:57] <Kwisher> same results as the last one? no light response from the remote to the receiver?
[14:57] <qwebirc56516> yep
[14:57] <qwebirc56516> i dont know if this helps i have spent a lot of time googleing this week,  when i do a lirc restart i get the following error
[14:58] <qwebirc56516> find: `/sys/class/rc/*/': No such file or directory  * Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC                               [ OK ]   * Loading LIRC modules                                                  [ OK ]  find: `/sys/class/rc/*/': No such file or directory  * Starting remote control daemon(s) :                                   [ OK ]
[14:58] <qwebirc56516> find: `/sys/class/rc/*/': No such file or directory  * Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC                               [ OK ]   * Loading LIRC modules                                                  [ OK ]  find: `/sys/class/rc/*/': No such file or directory  * Starting remote control daemon(s) :                                   [ OK ]
[14:58] <Kwisher> with the new remote, did you try it from a live boot?
[14:59] <qwebirc56516> i did
[14:59] <qwebirc56516> same thing
[15:00] <qwebirc56516> does it mean anything that it cant find that file?
[15:00] <qwebirc56516> if i do a lsusb it sees it
[15:01] <Kwisher> i've never had remote issues and i've been using mythtv for over 5 years
[15:02] <Kwisher> linux mint 5 was my first myth install and the same remote is still working today
[15:02] <qwebirc56516> im going on 2 weeks with it, i really like it but the remote issue is killing me.  I completely reloaded mythbuntu last night again as one of the suggestions i got googleing messed up my system and i couldnt get it to boot
[15:03] <Kwisher> do you have another linux system to test with?
[15:04] <Kwisher> or at least live boot on?
[15:05] <Kwisher> even a laptop would work
[15:05] <qwebirc56516> i can do it on my laptop give me a couple minutes to get ity going
[15:18] <Kwisher> you can also try xbmc live to test with - http://xbmc.org/download/
[15:18] <Kwisher> choose the XBMCbuntu option
[15:21] <qwebirc56516> it does the same thing on the laptop.  one flash with first press on remote then nothing
[15:21] <qwebirc56516> they all work in my windows media center
[15:23] <qwebirc56516> it seems like something is missing in this version of mythbuntu
[15:23] <Kwisher> and you did the setup also?
[15:23] <qwebirc56516> yyyep i did
[15:27] <qwebirc56516> does that file its missing mean anything
[15:30] <qwebirc56516> any ideas?
[15:33] <Kwisher> you have fully updated your install?
[15:33] <qwebirc56516> i did every update i could
[15:33] <Kwisher> does mythbuntu have synaptic installed?
[15:40] <Kwisher> i'm downloading mythbuntu 14.04 now to test with my spare remote
[15:48] <qwebirc56516> ok i am downloading xbmc also to test with
[15:50] <Kwisher> how are you connected to this irc channel?
[15:50] <qwebirc56516> What do you mean
[15:51] <Kwisher> what pc and irc client?
[15:51] <Kwisher> did you choose your irc nic?
[15:52] <qwebirc56516> it's just a pc from microcenter they built, i choose windows media center remote in the control console
[15:53] <qwebirc56516> its a older pc i have had for several years.  i used to use it for a sbs server until we moved
[15:56] <Kwisher> my old spare remote is responding correctly on mythbuntu live boot
[15:57] <qwebirc56516> i dont know why they wouldnt work on my pc and a laptop.  ive tried 3 different ones?
[15:58] <qwebirc56516> and they all work under windows media center
[15:59] <Kwisher> did you check the mythbuntu iso after you d/l?
[16:00] <qwebirc56516> i burned it to a cd ok but thats all i did i didnt do any checks on it
[16:00] <qwebirc56516> is there a way to reinstall lirc using defaults?
[16:00] <Kwisher> you should check the md5sum of the file from where you d/l
[16:01] <Kwisher> from a term do: sudo apt-get purge lirc*
[16:03] <Kwisher> my remote also works with xbmc live
[16:03] <qwebirc56516> ok that seems to have removed it.  md5sum seems ok
[16:04] <qwebirc56516> now how do i reinstall lirc
[16:04] <Kwisher> now do: sudo apt-get purge mythbuntu-lirc-generator*
[16:06] <Kwisher> after that you need to do: sudo apt-get install lirc mythbuntu-lirc-generator
[16:07] <Kwisher> then do: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[16:09] <qwebirc56516> ok it running
[16:10] <qwebirc56516> i mean downloading remote haevnt tried yet
[16:10] <qwebirc56516> ok it finished now what do i reboot?
[16:15] <Kwisher> did the last command do any updates/upgrades?
[16:16] <qwebirc56516> it did some
[16:16] <qwebirc56516> 259mb download it said
[16:16] <Kwisher> go ahead and reboot
[16:18] <qwebirc56516> i restarted and still have no remote
[16:18] <qwebirc56516> do you get a file error if you restart lirc?
[16:18] <qwebirc56516> i still do saying its missing a file
[16:19] <qwebirc56516> maybe it doesnt mean anything
[16:21] <Kwisher> how are you restarting lirc?
[16:22] <qwebirc56516> sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart
[16:24] <Kwisher> i get no errors on mine
[16:26] <Kwisher> in the control center/ir setup, what do you have for the settings?
[16:28] <Kwisher> would you mind installing teamviewer on your myth system so i can remote in?
[16:28] <qwebirc56516> not at all juyst tell me what i need to do to install it
[16:29] <Kwisher> is your install 32 or 64 bit?
[16:29] <qwebirc56516> 64bit
[16:31] <Kwisher> google for teamviewer and download the ubuntu 32/64 bit multiarch file
[16:31] <Kwisher> did you try the xbmc live yet?
[16:36] <qwebirc56516> its installing almost done.  i am making a dvd with xbmc
[16:36] <Kwisher> you need to use usb sticks for live testing
[16:37] <Kwisher> or rewritable optical discs
[16:37] <qwebirc56516> teamviewer id 515 761 234
[16:37] <qwebirc56516> password 1988
[16:40] <Kwisher> i'm at a loss
[16:44] <Kwisher> password please
[16:45] <qwebirc56516> ok i put it in
[16:56] <Kwisher> what did you select before here in term?
[16:56] <qwebirc56516> windows media center
[17:12] <Kwisher> on my system there is a rc0 folder with other files/folders
[17:12] <Kwisher> something is hosed on your system
[17:13] <Kwisher> i cannot write to it either, even as root, just as on yours
[17:13] <qwebirc56516> does service have to be stopped
[17:14] <qwebirc56516> so much for that idea
[17:15] <Kwisher> must be some sort of system area ???
[17:15] <qwebirc56516> should i reload?
[17:15] <Kwisher> on mine there is: device  input4  lirc0  power  protocols  subsystem  uevent
[17:16] <Kwisher> yours does not exist for some reason
[17:18] <qwebirc56516> is it some kind of secirty issue on the folder?  is there a way (for lack of a better term to force it to take ownership?
[17:18] <Kwisher> same as mine root
[17:29] <Kwisher> when you installed, did you do a custom partition or use the default?
[17:29] <qwebirc56516> i used the default and chose to delete previous install and reninstall new
[17:31] <Kwisher> my only suggestion would be to install xubuntu 14.04 and then add mythtv after the install
[17:31] <qwebirc56516> i have another hard drive i can install in the computer and reload it, i'm getting really good at the reloads
[17:31] <Kwisher> but make sure to delete all partitions and start on a bare drive
[17:31] <qwebirc56516> i can probably do that i think i know how to install mythtv on it after umbuntu
[17:32] <Kwisher> you would just need to install mythbuntu-control-centre and go through the setup
[17:32] <qwebirc56516> thank you so much for the help at least it seems to be getting somewhere and i'm not going crazy
[17:33] <Kwisher> can you try the xbmc live on your laptop first to check the remote hardware?
[17:33] <Kwisher> unplug the receiver from the myth box
[17:34] <qwebirc56516> i unplugged it
[17:34] <Kwisher> plug it back in
[17:35] <qwebirc56516> done
[17:35] <Kwisher> ok try xbmc live to check the remote hardware
[17:36] <Kwisher> should work right away without any configuration
[17:36] <qwebirc56516> ok i will do so i will have to kick you off the box you are on i am using laptop for the chat room
[17:40] <Kwisher> well, i'm stumped
[17:41] <Kwisher> unless your hardware is not actually supported??
[17:41] <qwebirc56516> i am going to reload it after i test with xbmc
[17:41] <Kwisher> test with xbmc
[17:42] <Kwisher> test with xbmc on both pc's
[17:42] <qwebirc56516> couple question i will have when i tried umbuntu and then mythtv the first time everytime i restarted it asked for a passowrd before going into it
[17:42] <Kwisher> need to verify the hardware actually works with linux
[17:42] <qwebirc56516> like i had to login
[17:42] <qwebirc56516> will do i will test and let you know
[17:43] <Kwisher> yes, that is normal
[17:43] <Kwisher> when i start the myth-backend setup i have to enter password
[17:44] <Kwisher> anything you do on linux that requires system changes should require the admin password
[17:45] <Kwisher> first thing is to make sure the remote hardware works