[mythtv-users] HELP Ati remote wonder on FC3

Jack Trout witmore1 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 19 03:47:23 UTC 2005


Alright all someone emailed me off the list and provided me with a way
of using lircd, and the easier to load ati_remote.ko module, If I
woulda used this, I coulda saved some wife tolerance points on the
mythtv system

<<Email from Gary Berry>>
Hi again, I have found something that you could probably use for the ati

First you do not need to use the lirc_atiusb module at all for this to work.
Make sure that the ati_remote kernel module loads on boot. If so you should
be able to move the mouse pointer around on the screen with the thumb pad.
If this is working then you are half way there.

Next look in the input device file to see what event is being given to the
USB receiver.

more /proc/bus/input/devices

You are looking for the EVENT number. Yours may be different depending on
how many usb devices you have connected to the machine.

Mine was set to event3

Next I installed lirc from source and compiled it to use dev/input as the
controller method

Next you need to edit  /etc/rc.local. Here a printout of mine

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

/usr/local/sbin/lircd -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event3
touch /var/lock/subsys/local

Notice that this will load the lircd daemon and force it to use dev/input
and that it is accessing /dev/input/event3 which corresponds to how the usb
receiver was loaded at bootup.

Next I found this config file on the web and it seemed to work like a
charm.. I am adding it as an attachment so hopefully you will receive it
properly. If not I will send it in a new message.

Also attached are two other files. One is labeled lircrc.mythtv. This file
should be put in the .mythtv folder in your user directory and renamed to
lircrc

The other file is for xine. I couldn't get xine to work properly with the
lircrc file in the .mythtv folder so I generated my a new file and it is
placed in the root of my user directory and named .lircrc

I use xine because is it way more functional than mplayer for viewing dvd's

If you want to check out my setup I have posted my mythtv setup on my
website. I am using a Leadtek WinTV2000 XP Expert card and it came with a
remote. At first I played around with the ATI remote and it worked like a
charm. However the card came with it's own remote and I was determined to
make it work as well and I have and I am presently using it through a
homebrew serial port receiver.

http://members.shaw.ca/grberry

I hope that you can make use of this info and it gets you up and running

Gary
<<end email>>

These directions worked, and attached is the only file that was
attached with the original email, lircd.conf my event was event2 and
irw shows every keypress which should make it fairly easy to make a
lircrc files for all programs.

so far the only downside, which is often I have found in my searches
is that the mouse control buttons dont seem to have a keyboard
binding, and cease functioning, (only the circle button, the left and
right click buttons register as a button press)

Thanks everyone for your help
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