lirc and mythtv (Was: Re: [PLUG] Linux on HP Slimline s7700n; Fry's returns)

[Sean Whitney]

Wow, I didn't realize that lirc was such a pain, I mapped the keys into
the /etc/lirc/lircd.conf file, and then set them up in the lircrc file
and it's been great so far, I've remapped some keys for what I want,
pip, etc.

It took a while to figure out how to access the slideshow feature in
mythgallery but that works now.  Once I mapped all the mplayer keys for
video playback it's been great!


Sean

Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 11:33 -0700, Charlie Schluting wrote:
>
>   
>> MythTV simply rocks, save the extreme crappiness of lirc. Gawd. I'm very
>> tempted to just buy a new remote (people report that certain lirc
>> modules work fine with 2.6.20).
>>     
>
> Have you tried using the kernel event interface instead of the default?
> I ran lircd with '-H dev/input -d /dev/input/eventX' and was able to run
> 'irw' without making lircd die a painful death, and made a test config
> with a few keys with 'irrecord'.  (Well, actually, 'irw' doesn't
> actually record anything when lircd is run this way, but 'irrecord'
> does.)
>
> The funny thing, though, is that when I run lircd w/o options or without
> it running, the arrows, "ok" and number pad works, but none of the
> others do.  My vague understanding is that it's using the (new-ish)
> kernel input interface (which is what /dev/input/* stuff is), so the
> remote acts like a keyboard, but a bunch of keys that aren't actually
> mapped.  I can actually run xev and--even stranger--*most* of the keys
> generate X events.
>
> Wil
>
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