[mythtv-users] ati_remote and kernel 2.6.5 with X10 "lola" remote?

[Bryan Halter]

Thanks for the heads up I'd been using 2.6.4 and done some reading that
pointed me in the direction or LIRC.  Gonna go home and try it with the
2.6.6 kernel module.

Bryan

On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 21:44, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Bryan Halter wrote:
> 
> >Will I actually set this up the other night.  Get LIRC .7p4 and compile
> >it with the atiusb driver.  Also get the kernel patch to include LIRC in
> >the kernel and build the appropriate modules.  Then follow the remote
> >information in Jarrod's guide.
> >
> >Bryan
> >On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 15:53, Will Dormann wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Ok, I've been playing around with getting the ati_remote module to work on
> >>my 2.6.5 system.
> >>
> >>The module loads OK, but I can't figure out what to do with it at that point.
> >>dmesg shows:
> >>drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver ati_remote
> >>drivers/usb/input/ati_remote.c: Registered USB driver ATI/X10 RF USB Remote
> >>Control v. 2.2.0
> >>    
> >>
> For anyone reading this thread looking for answers (since Will already 
> found his answer)...
> 
> The Linux kernel has built-in support for the ATI/X10 Remote Wonder as 
> of version 2.6.5.  The kernel module ati_remote is based on ati_remote 
> from the GATOS project ( http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ati_remote.php ).  
> The GATOS module supports Linux 2.4.x only and is no longer supported.
> 
> It is also possible to get the Remote Wonder working with LIRC versions 
> 0.7.0+ (currently 0.7.0pre4 is available at 
> http://lirc.sourceforge.net/software/snapshots/ ).  LIRC uses the 
> lirc_atiusb kernel modules.
> 
> Only one of these two modules should be (can be?) used at a time.  Each 
> has its own benefits (in my opinion, the built-in kernel module is easy 
> to set up but only sends keys to the focused application, and LIRC can 
> send keys/commands/X events to specific applications and more but is 
> much more difficult to set up--especially on Linux 2.6.x).  Note that 
> Will is using the built-in kernel module and Bryan is using LIRC.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Mike
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