[mythtv-users] Lirc's evil twin

[Henrik Gammelmark]

Mario Bernard wrote:
>> From: "Preston Crow" <pc-mythtv06a at crowcastle.net>
>> To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, 22. July 2006 16:22
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lirc's evil twin
>>
> 
>> On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 11:53 +0200, Henrik Gammelmark wrote:
>>>> You'll see the keyboard, mouse, and IR.  The IR acts as a keyboard input
>>>> by default, and you can remap the keys with various tools.  However, if
>>>> you use xine or mplayer, you'll want them to see different keys than
>>>> Myth for the same buttons, so you still need lirc.  You can do this by
>>>> using lirc with the devinput driver instead of the hauppauge driver.
>>>>
>>>> You'll need different /etc/lircd.conf and ~/.mythtv/lircrc files.
>>> Can you be a little more specific about these files? How do I make / 
>>> obtain them? The first one at least...
>> If you Google on: ivtv devinput
>> You'll probably find it.
>>
>> http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=remotes
>>
>> I was struggling until I found that page.  Follow the instructions
>> there.  If you modify the /etc/lircd.conf file to use the symbols in
>> your old one, you don't have to modify your ~/.mythtv/lircrc file.
>>
>>>> You'll also need different options starting lircrc.  On my Gentoo
>>>> system, my /etc/conf.d/lircd file:
>>>>
>>>> LIRCD_OPTS="-d /dev/input/event2"
>>> I presume you mean "starting lircd"?
>> Yes
>>
>>> I have no "event2", so I tried with "event0" (the only one), but I am 
>>> not sure this is the one, since "irw" reports nothing - dmesg however, 
>>> reports some "unknown key: ..." log entries for every key I press.
>>> I tried adding the "raw" part of the keys to lircd.conf, but with no luck.
>> On my system, event0 and event1 are the keyboard and mouse respectively.
>> I'm not sure what's going on with yours; it will depend on your kernel
>> options; it might be event0 if it's the only driver set up to use
>> devinput.
> 
> I reported a problem having mythfrontend/irexec to wakeup after about 2 hours of inactivity.
> I read in this thread about using devinput, so I tried it and worked.
> The only negative thing I noticed is that when I press a key continiously it doesn't notice the keypresses until I release the key. Also setting "repeat = 1" didn't fix the problem.
> lircd running in nodaemon mode shows all keypresses. Also the input-utils tool "input-events" receives every keypress.
> Why do irw, irexec and mythfrontend not see all keypresses or is it only my setup ?

I am having the exact same problem. It annoys me in "setup" when I need 
to change a number and when adjusting volume etc.

> I am using lirc.i386  0.8.1-cvs20060628_60.r from atrpms.
> 
> Mario
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