[mythtv-users] Silly question: unplugging kybd and mouse

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 00:15:19 +0100
Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5 August 2011 23:41, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Nick Morrott
> > <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Be careful if you have other input devices (e.g. a remote control)
> >> that are configured by their /dev/input/event address, rather than
> >> something more stable like /dev/input/by-id or /dev/input/by-path.
> >> Event IDs will change on boot if devices like keyboards and mouse
> >> are removed, and your remote will likely stop working if addressed
> >> by /dev/input/event.
> >
> > How can I check that? Pretty sure the remote's on lircd, but I'm
> > still pretty new to dealing with *nix and hardware.
> 
> Typically you would check your /etc/lircd.conf file and see what the
> DEVICE variable is set to.

According to this you could set your IR device by name.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235107

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Cheers, Saul