[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: ATI Remote Wonder with Fedora 15

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:23 PM, John Welch wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> On 06/02/2011 12:24 PM, John Welch wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>> On 06/02/2011 09:21 AM, John Welch wrote:
>>>>> I'll check with Axel to see if the 'lirc_atiusb' module is something
>>>>> that he has provided in the past and may be able to package for F15.
>>>>> Failing that, I'll work on the 'ati_remote' method.
>>>> FWIW, I like/use lirc_atiusb driver because it allows me to use the
>>>> "mouse" device as regular remote buttons instead of as a (useless to
>>>> MythTV) mouse.  If you don't care to change the mouse to regular remote
>>>> buttons, using ati_remote with lirc's devinput driver to provide a
>>>> custom mapping of buttons is likely the easiest approach.  (I'm pretty
>>>> sure--though not positive--that the ati_remote/devinput approach cannot
>>>> be used to treat remote mouse events as button events.)
>>> Thanks Mike.  I'd like to continue to use the lirc_atiusb driver
>>> simply because I have everything setup and working the way I want it.
>>> I don't think I necessarily *need* the mouse buttons, but it is nice
>>> to have the option to use them as remote buttons.
>> 
>> Ooops.  Too many drivers--I copy/pasted the wrong name.  I meant I
>> actually use the atilibusb driver.  It's much nicer than lirc_atiusb
>> because it's a userspace driver (and, in the case of atilibusb, doesn't
>> require /any/ kernel modules for the ATI remote--since it uses libusb to
>> access the device directly).
>> 
>> I'm a big fan of the LIRC drivers that don't require special/LIRC-only
>> kernel modules, and I believe I've saved many times the amount of time
>> it took me to switch drivers just in not having to deal with special
>> kernel modules.
>> 
>> Mike
> 
> OK, thanks.  Looks like I have another option to look at :)

Note, however, that for reasons I don't yet understand, some of the lirc
userspace drivers aren't getting built into the F15 lirc userspace
packages. I thought I'd fixed it in lirc-0.9.0-5.fc15, but apparently not.
I'll get it sorted out as soon as I can though...

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Jarod Wilson
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