Can't get lirc to work with LibreELEC 8.0.0

  • Hi there,

    I am quite new to LibreELEC and I am facing some issues with lirc.
    I am trying to use my Apple Remote (A1294, the silver one) with a TSOP4838 IR-Receiver connected to the GPIO Ports of my Raspberry Pi 3. Mainly I was following this guide (German): Raspberry Pi: Infrarot Empfänger und Fernbedienung einrichten | Einplatinencomputer
    Basically I can follow this tutorial to the step, where I should test the different keys with the irw command, which then does not give any output. Also I think, the behavior of the irrecord tool is already strange as I have to press the keys endless times until I can start to map them:

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    [b]Sandman-RasPi:[/b][b]~ [/b]# irrecord /storage/.config/lircd.confWarning: cannot open /etc/lirc/lirc_options.confWarning: Running as root.Using driver default on device /dev/lirc0 irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lircCopyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus([email protected]) This program will record the signals from your remote controland create a config file for lircd. A proper config file for lircd is maybe the most vital part of thispackage, so you should invest some time to create a working configfile. Although I put a good deal of effort in this program it is oftennot possible to automatically recognize all features of a remotecontrol. Often short-comings of the receiver hardware make it nearlyimpossible. If you have problems to create a config file READ THEDOCUMENTATION at https://sf.net/p/lirc-remotes/wiki If there already is a remote control of the same brand available athttp://sf.net/p/lirc-remotes you might want to try using such aremote as a template. The config files already contains allparameters of the protocol used by remotes of a certain brand andknowing these parameters makes the job of this program mucheasier. There are also template files for the most common protocolsavailable. Templates can be downloaded using irdb-get(1). You use atemplate file by providing the path of the file as a command lineparameter. Please take the time to finish the file as described inhttps://sourceforge.net/p/lirc-remotes/wiki/Checklist/ an send itto  <[email protected]> so it can be made available to others. Press RETURN to continue. Checking for ambient light  creating too much disturbances.Please don't press any buttons, just wait a few seconds... No significant noise (received 0 bytes) Enter name of remote (only ascii, no spaces) :MyRemote   Using MyRemote.lircd.conf as output filename Now start pressing buttons on your remote control. It is very important that you press many different buttons randomlyand hold them down for approximately one second. Each button shouldgenerate at least one dot but never more than ten dots of output.Don't stop pressing buttons until two lines of dots (2x80) havebeen generated. Press RETURN now to start recording.................................................................................Got gap (108161 us)} Please keep on pressing buttons like described above............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_MENU Now hold down button "KEY_MENU". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_PLAY Now hold down button "KEY_PLAY". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_OK Now hold down button "KEY_OK". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_UP Now hold down button "KEY_UP". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_DOWN Now hold down button "KEY_DOWN". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_LEFT Now hold down button "KEY_LEFT". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording)KEY_RIGHT Now hold down button "KEY_RIGHT". Please enter the name for the next button (press <ENTER> to finish recording) Checking for toggle bit mask.Please press an arbitrary button repeatedly as fast as possible.Make sure you keep pressing the SAME button and that you DON'T HOLDthe button down!.If you can't see any dots appear, wait a bit between button presses. Press RETURN to continue...............................Toggle bit mask is 0x3a00. Successfully written config file MyRemote.lircd.conf

    A dmesg output can be found here: GYBU

    To be sure the IR-Receiver works correctly as well as the Apple Remote, I tried to configure it using Raspbian Jessie and there I did not face any problems. Irw command has worked and responded the correct keys...

    Do you have any ideas what I misconfigured?

    Thanks for your help in advance!
    Sandman