[mythtv-users] Streamzap Remote/Receiver w/MythTV on Fedora 14

[Jarod Wilson]

On Dec 8, 2010, at 8:46 AM, John Welch wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:25 PM, John Welch <jrw3319 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:37 PM, John Welch wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've been using a Streamzap Remote/USB Receiver for a while now with
>>>> one of my MythTV front-ends.  Since upgrading to Fedora 14 (64-bit)
>>>> and MythTV 0.24 I've been having problems with the directional keys
>>>> (Up, Down, Left, Right) on the remote.  When I press one of the keys,
>>>> say the Down key for example, instead of moving to the next selection
>>>> in the list it jumps several selections (3 or 4).  In doing some
>>>> troubleshooting I think there might be another program/module that
>>>> could be interfering with lirc.  However, it has been so long since I
>>>> set this thing up and it has generally "just worked" that I'm not even
>>>> sure what to look for.  I'm betting this is almost certainly a result
>>>> of the upgrade to Fedora 14 as opposed to moving to MythTV 0.24, but
>>>> I'm hoping that this a popular enough configuration amongst MythTV
>>>> users that someone on the list will be able to help.
>>> 
>>> echo lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols
>>> 
>>> That'll disable in-kernel decode and leave only lirc (userspace) decode
>>> active. You're getting lirc events and input layer events simultaneously.
>>> 
>> 
>> That did it.  Thanks Jarod!
>> 
>> John
>> 
> 
> OK, so apparently this change doesn't stick after a reboot.

Yep, sorry, should have mentioned that.

> What's
> the best way to handle this; put the 'echo' command in rc.local, or is
> there a better way?

The place for it is probably the lirc initscript. Set lirc-decode-only
on lircd init, restore in-kernel-decode on lircd halt. This is what is
being done in the Ubuntu packages right now, and what I think I'll do
in an upcoming Fedora lirc package update.

> Since this isn't a once and done change I'm now a
> bit more curious about what's going on here.  Is this change specific
> to Fedora 14?

No.

> Is it a lirc change, a kernel change, both?

Kernel change. Several IR drivers have been rewritten for a the new
in-kernel IR stack, including the formerly lirc-only streamzap and
mceusb drivers. For raw IR devices, both in-kernel and userspace
decode w/lirc is now possible.

> I have no
> problem using the 'echo' command, but seems like this could be a bit
> of an issue for some.

Yep, we're in a bit of a transitory state right now.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com