[mythtv-users] Virtual keyboard with MCE remote?

Karl Newman newmank1 at asme.org
Sun Jan 11 06:07:39 UTC 2015


On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hoi Karl,
>>
>> Sunday, January 11, 2015, 1:32:44 AM, you wrote:
>>
>> > On Jan 10, 2015 11:44 AM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hoi Karl,
>> >>
>> >> Saturday, January 10, 2015, 8:17:07 PM, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I can't seem to get the line edit virtual keyboard to pop up when
>> >> > using my MCE remote (Ortek VRC-1100). I'm NOT using lirc; I verified
>> >> > with ir-keytable that it is sending KEY_ENTER when I press either
>> >> > the OK button or the Enter button on the remote. When I press either
>> >> > button on a text edit field, it enters the field in edit mode and I
>> >> > can see the cursor in the field, but it won't show the virtual
>> >> > keyboard. It does work on my other MythTV machine (combined
>> >> > frontend/backend) using lirc, but that translates KEY_ENTER to
>> >> > Return. I verified that "Use line edit virtual keyboard" is selected
>> >> > under Setup->General (and also verified the setting using MythWeb).
>> Any help?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Karl
>> >>
>> >> Have you checked your key-mappings in mythfrontend?
>> >> I did a quick check and I think the relevant mapping is SELECT under
>> >> Global. It has Return, Enter and Space with me.
>> >> Do all those three work on the keyboard (I think Return and Enter is
>> >> differentiated between normal Enter and keypad Enter)
>> > Yes, it's set at the default Return, Enter, Space. I didn't look
>> > hard but KEY_RETURN doesn't appear to be a Linux keycode.
>> > Karl
>>
>> irrecord -l (--list-namespace) gives the by the kernel recognised
>> keycodes.
>>
>> And indeed KEY_RETURN is not among them . It should be KEY_ENTER. If I
>> remember well the names are not case-sensitive and '_' can be
>> exchanged with '-'
>>
>
> Yes, it is already KEY_ENTER from the .
>
> ...remote via devinput.
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