[mythtv-users] Australian Digital TV Cards

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Paul Andreassen wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:04 pm, ffrr wrote:
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>>Paul Andreassen wrote:
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>>>I've written a binary patch which changes the keymaping for usb keyboards
>>>so the TwinHan VisionPlus DVB-T card remote better matches MythTV.
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>>>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?do=post_attachment;postatt_id
>>>=7787;list=mythtv
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>>>Paul
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>>I'd like to try that too.  How do I use it?  I gather I compile it using
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>>gcc usbhid-twinhan.c -o usbhid-twinhan
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>>then run it?
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>>When I do this, it fails saying "Can't open
>>/lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/input/usbhid.ko"
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>>I think this is because all those .ko files in that directory are gzipped.
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>Why are they gzipped?
>Can the kernel use them like that?
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Maybe it unzips them for use?

>If you can use the remote, it must get the usbhid module from somewhere.
>Is it compiled into the kernel?
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I don't know, that's how Mandriva 2005LE installed itself.  My remote 
does work however.

>All the program does is replace a table in the usbhid module.
>You could patch the kernel source and recompile.
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>Paul
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Maybe if I unzipped it, let your program patch the file, then rezipped it?