J to the B Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 I'm a very experienced Linux user. I'm trying to set up Flirc on Ubuntu 17.04 to eventually control a Fire TV. Downloaded the app, installed all the necessary i386 libs (my OS is 64-bit), set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the downloaded libs, and this allowed me to get past all the dependency errors. However, if I run the flirc_util status, I get: device disconnected, can't run command I've verified that I'm running it as root, so perms shouldn't be a problem. lsusb shows: Bus 001 Device 009: ID 20a0:0006 Clay Logic In dmesg, I see: [484407.027688] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd [484407.170118] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=20a0, idProduct=0006 [484407.170121] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [484407.170123] usb 1-1: Product: flirc [484407.170125] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: flirc.tv [484407.172932] hid-generic 0003:20A0:0006.0006: hiddev0,hidraw5: USB HID v1.11 Device [flirc.tv flirc] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input0 [484407.174980] input: flirc.tv flirc as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.1/0003:20A0:0006.0007/input/input29 [484407.231904] hid-generic 0003:20A0:0006.0007: input,hidraw6: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [flirc.tv flirc] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input1 [484775.091944] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 8 [484789.048351] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd [484789.190208] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=20a0, idProduct=0006 [484789.190211] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [484789.190213] usb 1-1: Product: flirc [484789.190215] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: flirc.tv [484789.192638] hid-generic 0003:20A0:0006.0008: hiddev0,hidraw5: USB HID v1.11 Device [flirc.tv flirc] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input0 [484789.194754] input: flirc.tv flirc as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.1/0003:20A0:0006.0009/input/input30 [484789.252487] hid-generic 0003:20A0:0006.0009: input,hidraw6: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [flirc.tv flirc] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input1 Can anyone help please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Did you install via apt-get and try running as sudo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J to the B Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 I didn't install via apt...generally prefer to install utilities like this manually...especially since I probably won't use after first configuration. Yes, I am running as sudo (or, better yet, as full root). I'll try the apt version now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J to the B Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Fyi, on 17.04, your repos cause this error: apt-get update Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease Ign:6 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ InRelease Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease Hit:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease Ign:9 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Release Ign:11 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Packages Ign:12 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en_US Ign:13 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en Ign:11 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Packages Ign:12 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en_US Ign:13 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en Ign:11 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Packages Ign:12 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en_US Ign:13 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en Get:11 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Packages [589 B] Ign:12 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en_US Ign:13 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en Ign:12 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en_US Ign:13 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en Ign:12 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en_US Ign:13 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Translation-en Fetched 589 B in 1s (407 B/s) Reading package lists... Done W: The repository 'http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 binary/ Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J to the B Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 That seems to have gotten me further. Now, I get: $ sudo flirc_util status Last upgrade attempt: Error So it seems to be communicating. Any idea why the apt repo approach works but the manual download doesn't? Is it just that you only provide 64-bit support in the apt repo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 I have two repo's, one for 32 bit, and one for 64. I'll post a statically compiled binary soon. But I recommend the installer. You can ignore the last upgrade attempt, erroneous. If you don't install it via apt-get, you wont get the udev rule, which will require you to use sudo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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