My notes on getting my ASRock ION 330HT-BD “nettop” media PC working.

1. Become root with sudo su, and remove cats from the vicinity of your keyboard
2. Install Linux Infra-Red Control with aptitude install lirc
3. Download source package from http://www.asrock.com/nettop/download.asp?Model=ION 330HT-BD&o=Linux
4. Use dpkg –install lirc-nct677x-src-1.0.4-ubuntu10.04.deb to install dependencies etc
5. Use dkms add -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu10.04 to make the Dynamic Kernel Module System aware of the new source
6. Use dkms build -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu10.04 to compile the source to binary
7. Use dkms install -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu10.04 to install
8. Test manually
   1. Load the module manually with modprobe lirc_wb677
      1. This should have (re)created /dev/lirc0 or similar. Check with ls /dev/lirc*
   2. Start mode2 -d /dev/lirc* and press buttons on the remote. If all is well you will see something like the following:

      pulse 450
      space 400
      pulse 900
      space 400

   3. Remote is working! Kill mode2 with a ^C.
9. Check that /etc/lirc/hardware.conf looks sensible:

   # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
   #
   #Chosen Remote Control
   REMOTE="Nuvoton Transceivers/Remotes"
   REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_wb677"
   REMOTE_DRIVER=""
   REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
   REMOTE_SOCKET=""
   REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="lirc_wb677/lircd.conf.wb677"
   REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
   
   #Chosen IR Transmitter
   TRANSMITTER="None"
   TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
   TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
   TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
   TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
   TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
   TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
   
   #Enable lircd
   START_LIRCD="true"
   
   #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
   #START_LIRCMD="false"
   
   #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
   LOAD_MODULES="true"
   
   # Default configuration files for your hardware if any
   LIRCMD_CONF=""
   
   #Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
   #If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
   #that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
   #frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
   #It will then populate all other variables without any user input
   #If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
   #to leave this set to "false"
   FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
   START_LIRCMD=""

10. Restart the lirc service: serivce lirc restart
11. Sep 25 14:19:53 skuld lircd-0.8.6[5475]: config file contains no valid remote control definition
12. Test for *translated* key presses with irw (Press keys on remote, kill with ^C)
13. Check /var/log/syslog doesn't hold complaints from lirc, such as

    Sep 25 14:10:23 skuld lircd-0.8.6[4522]: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
    Sep 25 14:10:23 skuld lircd-0.8.6[4522]: could not get file information for /dev/lirc
    Sep 25 14:10:23 skuld lircd-0.8.6[4522]: default_init(): No such file or directory
    Sep 25 14:10:23 skuld lircd-0.8.6[4522]: Failed to initialize hardware