hi,
earlier, I used to compile lirc separately, but nowadays there are lirc modules in the kernel source, using /dev/input and IR keymaps. After switching to these, it seems many of the buttons in the remote have stopped working, as they are now interpreted as keyboard presses instead of RC commands for lirc.
Is there a howto-guide somewhere on how to set up VDR when using the new in-kernel features?
yours, Jouni
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:21:41 +0300 Jouni Karvo Jouni.Karvo@iki.fi wrote:
hi,
earlier, I used to compile lirc separately, but nowadays there are lirc modules in the kernel source, using /dev/input and IR keymaps. After switching to these, it seems many of the buttons in the remote have stopped working, as they are now interpreted as keyboard presses instead of RC commands for lirc.
Is there a howto-guide somewhere on how to set up VDR when using the new in-kernel features?
I prefer inputlirc to the original lirc. If you configure it to start at boot and grab the input device it should stop X or whatever from interpreting it as key presses.
Thanks for the suggestions.
On 18.10.2012 00:05, Tony Houghton wrote:
I prefer inputlirc to the original lirc. If you configure it to start at boot and grab the input device it should stop X or whatever from interpreting it as key presses.
It seems easy, but when I moved to inputlirc, now I have the number keys but not the menu key and a few other keys. They come on a separate event interface.
I disabled both in hal and in Xorg both these iMON things, but it did not help. The inputlirc config:
# Options to be passed to inputlirc. EVENTS="/dev/input/by-id/usb-15c2_0036-event*" OPTIONS="-g -c -m 0 -d/dev/lircd"
yours, Jouni
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:10:53 +0300 Jouni Karvo Jouni.Karvo@iki.fi wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions.
On 18.10.2012 00:05, Tony Houghton wrote:
I prefer inputlirc to the original lirc. If you configure it to start at boot and grab the input device it should stop X or whatever from interpreting it as key presses.
It seems easy, but when I moved to inputlirc, now I have the number keys but not the menu key and a few other keys. They come on a separate event interface.
I disabled both in hal and in Xorg both these iMON things, but it did not help. The inputlirc config:
# Options to be passed to inputlirc. EVENTS="/dev/input/by-id/usb-15c2_0036-event*" OPTIONS="-g -c -m 0 -d/dev/lircd"
Strange. FWIW I used to use the Hauppauge "grey" remote, but I replaced that card and none of my other receivers came with suitable remotes (not enough buttons etc) so I bought an HP MCE remote and cheap generic MCE receiver bundle from eBay. It's certainly an improvement on the Hauppauge, but it has one key that doesn't work, an "Enter" key near the bottom (not the main OK key).
I tested it with inputlirc and lirc and it produced the same codes in both. As inputlirc is simpler and seemed to have a better default auto-repeat delay I stuck with that.
My inputlirc config is:
EVENTS= OPTIONS='-g -n Media*'
On 20.10.2012 15:18, Tony Houghton wrote:
Strange. FWIW I used to use the Hauppauge "grey" remote, but I replaced that card and none of my other receivers came with suitable remotes (not enough buttons etc) so I bought an HP MCE remote and cheap generic MCE receiver
With a bit of fiddling and a reboot and both mouse and keyboard codes are nicely received by inputlirc. For me, the benefit of in-kernel drivers and inputlirc is that there is again fewer non-packetized components in the system, so updates are again easier.
For some reason, there were a couple of non-functioning buttons with lirc, and now with rc-keymaps and inputlirc some non-functioning again, but they are different keys. I wonder if there is a mailing list for these things; I could report the keys there.
yours, Jouni
Hi,
Dunno if there is a howto, googling around when I had the same problem with Ubuntu 12.04, told me to put some disabling stuff in xorg.conf.
/Johan
17 okt 2012 kl. 20:21 skrev Jouni Karvo Jouni.Karvo@iki.fi:
hi,
earlier, I used to compile lirc separately, but nowadays there are lirc modules in the kernel source, using /dev/input and IR keymaps. After switching to these, it seems many of the buttons in the remote have stopped working, as they are now interpreted as keyboard presses instead of RC commands for lirc.
Is there a howto-guide somewhere on how to set up VDR when using the new in-kernel features?
yours, Jouni
vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:21:41 +0300 Jouni Karvo Jouni.Karvo@iki.fi wrote:
hi,
earlier, I used to compile lirc separately, but nowadays there are lirc modules in the kernel source, using /dev/input and IR keymaps. After switching to these, it seems many of the buttons in the remote have stopped working, as they are now interpreted as keyboard presses instead of RC commands for lirc.
All I did was disable loading the maps and everything works exactly as before with the in-kernel drivers. Did I miss some reason why the new system is better?
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