[mythtv-users] Trying To Get Two IR Receivers Working

[Alec Leamas]

On 15/10/15 07:50, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Alec Leamas <leamas.alec at gmail.com
> <mailto:leamas.alec at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     The thing here is that the kernel drivers are completely different.
>     The working one has a kernel driver based on the rc framework. It
>     exposes a /sys/class/rc device (here /sys/class/rc/rc0). ir-keytable
>     requires such a device to work.
> 
> I don't believe that's true. My remote (Ortek VRC-1100) shows up as two
> hid-generic devices, and I can manipulate the key mapping with
> ir-keytable. 

seems that I got that wrong... thanks!

Anyway, checking that the event device actually provides some kind of
data when pushing buttons  seems  reasonable. If there isn't any data
either the event device is wrong, or the setup is indeed very broken.

--alec