[mythtv-users] Help - Lirc broken after upgrade to 0.9.0

[David Engel]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 05:48:31PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2011, at 11:47 AM, David Engel wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 07:38:04PM -0500, David Engel wrote:
> >> I tried doing this today with my IMON MCE, but ran into an immediate
> >> roadblock.  This is with the 2.6.39.3 kernel, BTW.  Something is not
> >> honoring the repeat delay and period I set with ir-keytable.  The
> >> default values stay in effect and are way too low to be usable without
> >> lirc.  Suggestions?
> > 
> > It seems I misunderstood how the ir-keytable repeat delay and rate
> > settings work.  They do affect the rate at which lircd sees events.
> > They do not affect the rate at which X sees events or at least the
> > rate at which X propgates events to clients.  The rate at which X
> > clients see events is controlled by the old "xset r" command.  I would
> > have sworn I'd tried that before.
> 
> I suck at timely replies of late, been busy. But it looks like you're
> all set now anyway. But yes, there's some "fun" to be had with the
> repeat rates event devices deliver, as well as what X actually does
> with them...

Yeah, it was a bit tedious to get my own keymap setup, but I guess,
not really any more so than lirc.  Anyway, it seems to be working well
and even seems slightly more responsive than lirc.

David
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David Engel
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