[mythtv-users] remote control mostly stopped working

TODD ANDERSON drtodd13 at comcast.net
Fri Nov 27 04:07:01 UTC 2020


> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:59:39 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> 
> >> Am Dienstag, 24. November 2020, 06:46:57 CET schrieb TODD ANDERSON:
> >> > It seems that some Ubuntu update screwed up my remote control.  I have a
> >> > Hauppauge remote and the arrow keys still work but basically nothing else. 
> >> > From ir-keytable, it seems like /etc/rc_keymaps/hauppauge isn't being
> >> > loaded at startup anymore.  If I load the file manually with ir-keytable -c
> >> > -w /etc/rc_keymaps/hauppague then ir-keytable -t will report the correct
> >> > scancodes and mappings when I push the remote buttons but it is like those
> >> > keystrokes aren't sent to mythfrontend because still only the arrow keys
> >> > work.
> >> > 
> >> > In mythfrontend setup, when using ir-keytable, I just want to make sure that
> >> > LIRC daemon socket should be empty.  Should the evdev device name go
> >> > anywhere in the mythfrontend setup?
> >> > 
> >> > Any suggestions for what the problem could be?
> >> 
> >> Like Stephen suggested, the configs and mappings are configured different. My 
> >> appraoch for this (debian not ubuntu, and I'm lazy) was to just configure 
> >> mythfrontend to react to the unmapped values. So you can just go to config 
> >> screen, if you call the menu with blue-button (like I do) try to map menu to 
> >> blue-button in frontend instead of mapping blue-button to m in system.
> >
> >I have previously tried "edit keys" and was able to map a couple additional buttons.
> >However, for some buttons (like the 4 color buttons at the bottom of the remote)
> >when I go into edit keys and select the function I want to map to and select an
> >empty slot and it asks me to press the key on the remote, I do, and then nothing
> >happens.  The buttons that I really miss are pause and the 4 color buttons.
> 
> Do the non-working keys show up when you test them with ir-keytable
> -t?  If not, then there is a problem with the keymap.  What version of
> Ubuntu are we talking about?  I found that there have been some
> changes to the names of the keys in the keymap files between 18.04 and
> 20.04.  And the keymap files themselves have changed - they now have a
> .toml extension and are found in /lib/udev/rc_keymaps.
> 
> The first thing to do is to make sure that all the keys on the remote
> work with ir-keytable -t.  That is necessary for using lirc or using
> the key mappings directly in MythTV.
> 
> Next, you have to decide whether you are going to use lirc or not.  If
> you have more than one program that you want to use lirc with (eg
> MythTV, mplayer and irexec in my case), then it is almost certain that
> you will need to use lirc.  If you want to be able to select which
> keys will autorepeat or not, and the autorepeat rate, you also need to
> use lirc.
> 
> If you decide not to use lirc, you may need to use a custom keymap
> file to remap any keys that MythTV can not see to KEY_ values it is
> able to use.  Find the hauppauge.toml file in /lib/udev/rc_keymaps and
> copy it to /etc/rc_keymaps and edit it there.  In /etc/rc_maps.cfg,
> change the "hauppauge.toml" entry to "/etc/rc_keymaps/hauppauge.toml".
> 
> It has been a while since I last modified my key mappings - I have
> reverted to using the standard mappings and changing things in the
> lirc config.  But if I remember correctly, to test your changes you
> need to run "ir-keytable -a" or if you have multiple remote receivers,
> "ir-keytable -a -s rcX" (with X set to the remote number).  That
> should load your new keymap and you can then test it with "ir-keytable
> -t".  I am not sure if that is sufficient to get your new keytable
> loaded on boot though - try rebooting and see if your changes are
> still there.  If not, you will need to add your "ir-keytable -a"
> command to /etc/rc.local or create a systemd unit to run that command
> at boot.
> 
> In 20.04, the valid KEY_ names you can use are found in:
> 
> /usr/src/linux-headers-xxxxx/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h
> 
> where xxxxx is your current kernel version number.

I am using Ubuntu 20.  I just copied and customized the new hauppauge.toml
file and put it in the directory you mention above.  Then I rebooted and
ran ir-keytable -t and the keymappings in hauppauge.toml are not being used.
If I explicitly do ir-keytable -c -w /etc/rc_keymaps/hauppauge.toml then
ir-keytable -t will return the correct values.  However, after that, the
buttons do still not work in the frontend.  Is it necessary to restart
the frontend after changing ir-keytable?


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