<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/26/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jakob Fix</b> <<a href="mailto:jakob.fix@gmail.com">jakob.fix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mercury, Michael,<br><br>thanks for the recommendations to use LIRC. Is it painless to switch<br>from the kernel support to LIRC? Is there some Howto for this? I'm<br>really uneasy to fix something that's not broke (well, it is not
<br>working, agreed). I'm using the frontend on a Breezy Ubuntu, the<br>backend is on a Debian.<br><br></blockquote></div>Well,
complete disclosure requires the following to be said: There is a
bit of work to be done switching from kernel support to LIRC. But
after doing the work, I was quite happy to have made the extra effort.<br>
<br>
Here is how I started: I removed the LIRC package that had been loaded
as part of Fedora Core 3 installation. Then, I downloaded
lirc-0.7.2 package from <a href="http://lirc.org">lirc.org</a>. By following the documentation
in the lirc-0.7.2 package (and there is a lot of documentation
scattered throughout), I was able to make the switch.<br>
<br>
Before copying all my notes from the process, I recommend that you
start with the lirc-0.7.2 (or whatever is the latest) package and see
how far you can get.<br>
Since you are using both Ubuntu AND Debian, I'll assume that you know your way around Linux.<br>
<br>
Here's a hint: Only one of the kernel modules, ati_remote -and- lirc_atiusb,<br>
can be active. So, you must rename the ati_remote kernel module,
AND then you have to adjust the Ubuntu equivalent file for Fedora
Core's "/etc/modprobe.conf".<br>
<br>
By now, it might seem that LIRC isn't worth it, like it might be way
too much work. It isn't. The LIRC package is really WELL
DONE. I have no regrets whatsoever. In fact, the package is
so good, I was able to figure out how to have multiple ATI Remote
Wonder remotes controlling multiple MythTV systems. Having
multiple MythTV systems using only the kernel support might be a real
challenge.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
MM<br>
<br>