[vdr] Problem with Remote Wonder and VDR :(

[Chris Miles]

Hi there. thanks for the response.

I tried that option as well. When I started VDR it did not give me the 
screen to setup my control.
It instead skipped straight to showing a channel and it overlayed a large 
transparant grey square
over most of the window. Remote still did not work.

Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Gramoullé" <philippe at gramoulle.com>
To: <vdr at linuxtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [vdr] Problem with Remote Wonder and VDR :(


>
> Hello Chris,
>
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:39:37 -0000
> "Chris Miles" <chrismiles at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  | I have built and installed LIRC with the configure switch for the AT 
> Usb device.
>  |
>  | I have /dev/lircd and /dev/lirc0 - permissions are correct.
>  |
>  | I have a lircd.conf which is setup correctly for my remote control.
>  |
>  | lircd would not run because /dev/lirc did not exist so I just created a 
> symlink to lirc0 which works fine.
>
> You don't need /dev/lirc, at least here on a recent Debian : udev creates 
> /dev/lirc0
> which is the device you need to use.
>
>  |
>  | I can execute lircd fine.
>  |
>  | irw executes as well and catches all the remote control presses so the 
> remote control is working fine.
>  |
>  | I am using VDR 1.3.38 which I made with make REMOTE=LIRC NO_KBG=1
>
> Maybe it's a typo when writing this mail, but maybe not, so the right make 
> option is:
> NO_KBD=1 , and not NO_KBG=1
>
>  |
>  | I then startup VDR and it wants to setup the RC unit... it does not 
> recognise any button presses.
>  |
>  | /var/log/syslog is still saying setting up KBD ???
>  |
>  | Jan 17 02:36:18 localhost vdr[6413]: remote control KBD - learning keys
>  | Jan 17 02:36:18 localhost vdr[6413]: KBD remote control thread started 
> (pid=6413, tid=6422)
>  |
>  | I forced --lirc=/dev/lircd --no-kbd onto the command when I execute 
> vdr.
>
> On Debian , /dev/lircd is a socket , you need to use the character device, 
> which is /dev/lirc0
> So try --lirc=/dev/lirc0 --no-kbd
>
>  |
>  | syslog now says
>  |
>  | Jan 17 02:24:57 localhost vdr[6367]: remote control LIRC - learning 
> keys
>  | Jan 17 02:24:57 localhost vdr[6367]: LIRC remote control thread started 
> (pid=6367, tid=6376)
>  |
>  | No other messages in the log but still not doing anything when I hit 
> keys on the remote :(
>  |
>  | any ideas folks??
>  |
>  | Chris
>
>
> Try out the suggested changes and let me know if it's better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philippe
>
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