[mythtv-users] Struggling with Lirc

Sat Apr 25 17:31:08 UTC 2015

It seems that it was that ticket that affected me also. Went back a few
commits and everything is working now.

Thank you for your time and help.

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:53:06 +0200, you wrote:
>
> >No, adding devinput didn't help.
> >
> >In the same lircrc file i also have these two entries, that do work (so i
> >can select between running mythtv or xbmc):
> >begin
> >prog = irexec
> >button = KEY_POWER2
> >config = /usr/share/mythtv/restart_mythtv.sh &
> >repeat = 0
> >end
> >
> >begin
> >prog = irexec
> >button = KEY_SELECT
> >config = /usr/share/mythtv/restart_xbmc.sh &
> >repeat = 0
> >end
> >
> >Even though i shouldn't have to, but it shouldn't really matter if prog is
> >mythtv or irexec? Maybe i could use irexec to send keystrokes to mythtv?
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Stefan D <raptorjr08 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have a Hauppauge, grey remote. Using the receiver that is attached to
> my
> >> PVR-250 card.
> >>
> >> I will try to add "remote = devinput" on each entry.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Stephen Worthington <
> >> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:28:03 +0200, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >I'm having some problem to get MythTV work with LIRC again after a
> >>> upgrade
> >>> >to Ubuntu 14.04.
> >>> >
> >>> >irw is working, f.ex. gives me:
> >>> >000000008001016d 01 KEY_EPG devinput
> >>> >0000000080010067 00 KEY_UP devinput
> >>> >0000000080010181 00 KEY_RADIO devinput
> >>> >0000000080010069 00 KEY_LEFT devinput
> >>> >000000008001006a 00 KEY_RIGHT devinput
> >>> >00000000800100ae 00 KEY_EXIT devinput
> >>> >000000008001006c 00 KEY_DOWN devinput
> >>> >000000008001008b 00 KEY_MENU devinput
> >>> >0000000080010073 00 KEY_VOLUMEUP devinput
> >>> >0000000080010072 00 KEY_VOLUMEDOWN devinput
> >>> >000000008001019c 00 KEY_PREVIOUS devinput
> >>> >0000000080010071 00 KEY_MUTE devinput
> >>> >0000000080010192 00 KEY_CHANNELUP devinput
> >>> >0000000080010193 00 KEY_CHANNELDOWN devinput
> >>> >
> >>> >In the frontend log i see this:
> >>> >LIRC: Successfully initialized '/var/run/lirc/lircd' using
> >>> >'/home/stefan/.mythtv/lircrc' config
> >>> >
> >>> >Part of my lircrc file in .mythtv (which is a link to .lirc/mythtv)
> looks
> >>> >like this:
> >>> >begin
> >>> >prog = mythtv
> >>> >button = KEY_UP
> >>> >config = Up
> >>> >end
> >>> >
> >>> >begin
> >>> >prog = mythtv
> >>> >button = KEY_DOWN
> >>> >config = Down
> >>> >end
> >>> >
> >>> >begin
> >>> >prog = mythtv
> >>> >button = KEY_LEFT
> >>> >config = Left
> >>> >end
> >>> >
> >>> >begin
> >>> >prog = mythtv
> >>> >button = KEY_RIGHT
> >>> >config = Right
> >>> >end
> >>> >
> >>> >So i don't understand why it wont work? The frontend says that the
> >>> >initialization is successful. The keynames from irw is the same as the
> >>> >keynames in lircrc file. Shouldn't that be enough?
> >>> >
> >>> >Either i should never make a Ubuntu upgrade again, or i should make it
> >>> more
> >>> >often so i don't forget things =) Everything worked perfect before the
> >>> >upgrade.
> >>> >
> >>> >Any help appreciated.
> >>> >
> >>> >/Stefan
> >>>
> >>> There were big changes in lirc between 12.04 and 14.04.  A lot of the
> >>> drivers went into the kernel, so now things do work differently for
> >>> many IR remotes.  What remote and IR receiver are you using?
> >>>
> >>> The obvious difference I can see between your .lirc/mythtv file and
> >>> mine is that I have a line saying "remote = devinput" in each entry. I
> >>> am not sure it is necessary, but I would suggest trying it.
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> >>
> >>
>
> Have you checked MythTV's settings for the keys?  It is looking like
> mythfrontend is where the problem lies.
>
> For example:
>
>   Setup > Edit Keys > Global > LEFT
>
> should have the value Left.  Here are the first few entries in my
> keybindings table for comparison:
>
> mysql> select * from keybindings limit 10;
> +---------+----------+------------------+--------------------+----------+
> | context | action   | description      | keylist            | hostname |
> +---------+----------+------------------+--------------------+----------+
> | Global  | UP       | Up Arrow         | Up                 | mypvr    |
> | Global  | DOWN     | Down Arrow       | Down               | mypvr    |
> | Global  | LEFT     | Left Arrow       | Left               | mypvr    |
> | Global  | RIGHT    | Right Arrow      | Right              | mypvr    |
> | Global  | SELECT   | Select           | Return,Enter,Space | mypvr    |
> | Global  | ESCAPE   | Escape           | Esc                | mypvr    |
> | Global  | MENU     | Pop-up menu      | M                  | mypvr    |
> | Global  | INFO     | More information | I                  | mypvr    |
> | Global  | PAGEUP   | Page Up          | PgUp               | mypvr    |
> | Global  | PAGEDOWN | Page Down        | PgDown             | mypvr    |
> +---------+----------+------------------+--------------------+----------+
> 10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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