LIRC: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:12, 1 October 2024

LIRC allows to receive and send infrared signals. The lirc package is part of nixpkgs. It can be configured via options.

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-== Enable LIRC support in the kernel ==
+[https://www.lirc.org/ LIRC] allows to receive and send infrared signals. The lirc package is part of nixpkgs. It can be configured via options.
-Currently (2018-07-23) the NixOS kernel is not compiled with LIRC support, therefore no <code>/dev/lirc0</code> will appear when you add an IR receiver.
-To enable LIRC support for NixOS you will need to recompile your kernel with <code>CONFIG_LIRC=y</code>. With NixOS the <code>boot.kernelPatches</code> option can be used:
-<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
-{ lib, ... }:
-{
+[[Category:Applications]]
-  boot.kernelPatches = lib.singleton {
+[[Category:Hardware]]
-    name = "enable-lirc";
-    patch = null;
-    extraConfig = ''
-      LIRC y
-    '';
-  };
-}
-</syntaxHighlight>
-== LIRC Service ==
-As of right now, no lirc service is provided by NixOS, You can start the LIRC Daemon manually like this:
-<syntaxHighlight lang=console>
-$ lircd --listen -n  -P /var/run/lircd.pid  -o /var/run/lirc.sock -d /dev/lirc0
-</syntaxHighlight>
-You can build upon this to create your own service with <code>sytemd.services</code>.
-== References ==
-* [[https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-correct-way-to-override-the-latest-kernel-config/533/2 Discourse Discussion]]