[mythtv-users] FC14 lirc mce remote

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Fri Nov 19 05:14:57 UTC 2010


On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:37 PM, John Haywood wrote:

> I'm a bit confused regarding getting an mce remote working under fc 14 and mythtv (from freshrpms). 
> 
> The device is correctly detected (lsusb gives mfg code, device id and a correct manufacturer name (fintek). 
> 
> I tried installing lirc 0.8.7, copying over a lird.conf file and starting lircd, but irw gives nothing, although keypresses on the remote register with the receiver. 
> 
> Then I noticed that there were no kernel modules loading, nor would they load explicitly.
> 
> I went back and read a couple of posts from Jarod, where it seems that the module has moved in-kernel, and lirc is no longer required, but I'm not really sure of the whole picture here. 
> 
> Can someone please help get this working, please?

You still probably want lirc, since full native input layer support is
not quite a reality yet. But you want lirc from the Fedora 14 repo, as
it carries patches necessary to work with the upstreamed lirc support.
That, or lirc 0.9.0-pre1 or later. Also suggest doing an:

echo none +lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols

This will disable the in-kernel decoders and enable only the lirc bridge
driver. (I'm doing exactly this right now for my asrock ion330 ht with
its built-in IR receiver).

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com





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