[mythtv-users] FC14 lirc mce remote

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 20, 2010, at 6:47 AM, John Haywood wrote:

> 
> On 19/11/2010, at 4:14 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
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>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:37 PM, John Haywood wrote:
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>>> 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).

Please provide lsusb of this device. Might not be mceusb-driven.

>>> 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).
>> 
> 
> OK, some more input, but no devices yet ...
> 
> I do have lirc 0.8.7-x from FC14
> 
> I don't have any entries under /dev/lircxxx
> 
> Where does FC put its module entries? (last time I used it, the entries were under /etc/modprobe.conf of the form 'alias 'lirc_mceusb')
> 
> The '/sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols' doesn't exist - what creates it?

The mceusb driver loading. Looks like you may have a pure HID fintek receiver,
or a receiver as yet unknown to the mceusb driver.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com