[mythtv-users] Clear screensaver

[Joseph Fry]

>
>> No.  He wants to map some arbitrary key from his remote, using LIRC, to
>> the shift key on his system.  As far as I know, that's not possible.  I
>> believe lircrc format only allows shift keys to be used as a modifier, and
>> not a primary key on its own.
>>
>> Also note that LIRC only ever maps events to keyboard presses if you're
>> running irxevent in the background.  MythTV only uses keyboard keys for
>> convenience.  It does not actually send signals it receives from LIRC back
>> out to the rest of the system.
>>
>>
> Hmmm...
> Thanks for this info.
> So does this mean that my only option is to run irxevent then?
> Is there a myth function/event that I could trigger by lirc that would not
> interfere with the current state of myth?
>
>
I would use irexec to run "xscreensaver-command -deactivate".  Can't think
of any reason not to use irexec.
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