[mythtv-users] ir-kbd-i2c Driver

Calvin Harrigan charriglists at bellsouth.net
Tue Nov 8 20:52:53 EST 2005


Joe Votour wrote:

>Two questions:
>1. Are you using a window manager?
>2. Are you using irxevent?
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>Not using a window manager would cause a focus
>problem, which combined with using irxevent would
>cause the keystroke to go to the wrong window.
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>I haven't had any problems at all using lirc-compliant
>applications (mythfrontend, xmame and xine are the
>ones I use).
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>-- Joe
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>--- Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net>
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>>Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>>Calvin Harrigan wrote:
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>>>>Has anyone tried using the ivtv driver and the
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>>ir-kbd-i2c driver to 
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>>>>make remote keypresses show as regular keyboard
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>>keypresses?
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>>>>...
>>>>It all but eliminates the need for lirc, which in
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>>my opinion is a 
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>>>>good thing.  No worrying about having lirc
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>>support compiled into 
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>>>>other packages.  e.g; Mplayer, xine, zsnes, and
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>>what ever other 
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>>>>add-ons you might use.
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>>>Yeah, instead, you can worry about remapping the
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>>keys for MPlayer, 
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>>>xine, zsnes, MythTV, and ...  (Just the reason why
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>>I use LIRC with my 
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>>>ATI Remote Wonder--for which there is also a
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>>kernel keyboard driver.)
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>>>Mike
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>>I've just not had very good luck with lirc, most of
>>the problems stem 
>>from focus issues, who gets the key press.
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I was using twm and irxevent.  This point is moot now though.  I've been 
using a learning remote and a wireless keyboard.  That has worked well 
for me, only problem was the few number of keys that I was able to 
program into the remote.  Using the ir-kbd-i2c drive I can have as many 
buttons that my remote can muster and have them appear as the keypresses 
I want in the input stream.  Thanks for the info though.


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