<div dir="ltr">Hika,<div><br></div><div>I don't follow - I compiled using the same options, as far as I can tell, that my kernel was compiled with (which contained the files in /sys/class/rc). Then I did a make install and make modules_install. What module should have I compiled that would have caused files to be created in /sys/class/rc?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jerry</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Hika van den Hoven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hikavdh@gmail.com" target="_blank">hikavdh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">References: <CA+SOsrQcDO5UzArzDOHhH0NEu1VADpRsHoTOnhqTKjJy9=<a href="mailto:74ng@mail.gmail.com">74ng@mail.gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:682836388.20150621111006@gmail.com">682836388.20150621111006@gmail.com</a>> <CA+SOsrRazBDeuJH8_5B_f=ERRk1gYs=<a href="mailto:VwV5C0%2BxB85ubXVzz1w@mail.gmail.com">VwV5C0+xB85ubXVzz1w@mail.gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:CA%2BSOsrRSRB%2BsGGa4UvCK7-rA-uYuTCz5oZ_4vD2Z3c5w6XwG3w@mail.gmail.com">CA+SOsrRSRB+sGGa4UvCK7-rA-uYuTCz5oZ_4vD2Z3c5w6XwG3w@mail.gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:i4ptoada182d4pgdsqohorlppib0tpifp7@4ax.com">i4ptoada182d4pgdsqohorlppib0tpifp7@4ax.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:CA%2BSOsrRZ8gDrB7uVg_OdfFwjoJHEJw%2BKyQJTOfKPxwMCBiDk5g@mail.gmail.com">CA+SOsrRZ8gDrB7uVg_OdfFwjoJHEJw+KyQJTOfKPxwMCBiDk5g@mail.gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:67ttoapr74r7f2eofb6gvg2sp34b5snsle@4ax.com">67ttoapr74r7f2eofb6gvg2sp34b5snsle@4ax.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:CA%2BSOsrR8GAjjW6OAgC7CP3kC8Sz4Jg41VMdBA4MfSZR1e2pmpg@mail.gmail.com">CA+SOsrR8GAjjW6OAgC7CP3kC8Sz4Jg41VMdBA4MfSZR1e2pmpg@mail.gmail.com</a>> <CAOQWjw2rygovr8Qcz3oax2CK=BPWqp=+1PXrbazFdGOQreck=<a href="mailto:g@mail.gmail.com">g@mail.gmail.com</a>> <CA+SOsrRWM5u7LhUwnCSf45DQ1Z=<a href="mailto:zYPcOGQG%2Bzi5iS6v_sX-z9w@mail.gmail.com">zYPcOGQG+zi5iS6v_sX-z9w@mail.gmail.com</a>> <CAOQWjw0i2AbNMUr1trgzH=<a href="mailto:nRuhmvAovYofeRJ2ZOAL2BUwwNfw@mail.gmail.com">nRuhmvAovYofeRJ2ZOAL2BUwwNfw@mail.gmail.com</a>> <CA+SOsrSyKri43+q4T=26LaTdRpi0G89BYUgFS2umzf=<a href="mailto:2pTocaQ@mail.gmail.com">2pTocaQ@mail.gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:55903072.6070609@gmail.com">55903072.6070609@gmail.com</a>> <CA+SOsrS=1VMTaMjzcXy3VKu_O_gyDPx=Npg3=<a href="mailto:haOOWmGxL9whA@mail.gmail.com">haOOWmGxL9whA@mail.gmail.com</a>> <CA+SOsrR74CjtMynz4nCTTV01T43WHrY1WRHDsig2kUJxm0=<a href="mailto:3GA@mail.gmail.com">3GA@mail.gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:55917230.5020006@gmail.com">55917230.5020006@gmail.com</a>> <20150629170452.49bdb339@cs3.al.itld> <CA+<br>
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Hoi Jerry,<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
Friday, July 3, 2015, 4:06:44 PM, you wrote:<br>
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>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Mike Thomas <<a href="mailto:mt3@pfw.demon.co.uk">mt3@pfw.demon.co.uk</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> >> On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:28:32 +0200<br>
>> >> Alec Leamas <<a href="mailto:leamas.alec@gmail.com">leamas.alec@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>> On 29/06/15 17:31, Jerry Rubinow wrote:<br>
>> >>> > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>> > wrote:<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> On Jun 28, 2015 13:36, "Alec Leamas" <<a href="mailto:leamas.alec@gmail.com">leamas.alec@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>> On 28/06/15 15:54, Jerry Rubinow wrote:<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>>><br>
>> >>> >>>> Nick, it looks like 3.16, what I've been running, has that patch<br>
>> >>> >>>> integrated into the kernel driver. I tried a clean Ubuntu 15.04<br>
>> >>> >>>> install and the problem is there as well. Unfortunately the<br>
>> >>> >>>> bios doesn't let me disable xHCI. I think it may be time to<br>
>> >>> >>>> visit newegg for a new ir receiver.<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>> TBH, I havn't read the complete thread. That said, I understand<br>
>> >>> >>> your situation as if the kernel decoding route is at a dead end<br>
>> >>> >>> for you (?).<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>> Note, the alternative is to let lirc decode the raw timing data.<br>
>> >>> >>> I know this has been mentioned before, but perhaps you missed<br>
>> >>> >>> this opportunity?<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>> Obviously, the existing config files doesn't work for you. One<br>
>> >>> >>> option would be to use irrecord to create a new config file after<br>
>> >>> >>> setting the protocol to 'lirc' and re-checking that mode2 still<br>
>> >>> >>> works as expected. Might work, dunno, but given that mode2 is OK<br>
>> >>> >>> for you I think you have a fair chance.<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>> Cheers!<br>
>> >>> >>><br>
>> >>> >>> --alec<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> Alec, that's probably worth trying, I'll try irrecord. However, my<br>
>> >>> >> expectation is that the bits coming out of the driver will be<br>
>> >>> >> faulty due to something in the USB 3/xHCI implementation.<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> I'll try that tonight.<br>
>> >>> >><br>
>> >>> >> -Jerry<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > Nope, I tried the config generated by irrecord and maybe one out of<br>
>> >>> > 10 to 20 presses would generate something it could recognize in<br>
>> >>> > irw, but usually not the key I pressed.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> But you did run irrecord successfully enough to create a config<br>
>> >>> file?! This does indeed looks strange.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Just a double check: you don't have physical (i. e., IR) disturbances<br>
>> >>> around? Low energy/fluorescent lamps or so?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Dear OP,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> You might like to look into the archives for my earlier comments<br>
>> >> regarding IR disturbances. Some monitors and TV sets produce enough IR<br>
>> >> on their own that you might as well give up using an infra red remote<br>
>> >> control. All my monitors and TVs fall into that category. It just so<br>
>> >> happens that the TV's own remote control protocol is transmitted in the<br>
>> >> blanks between the IR flashes given off by the back light. I couldn't<br>
>> >> find another remote control which would transmit in these bursts. I<br>
>> >> even bought a Sharp IR receiver chip to go with my Sharp TV and that<br>
>> >> didn't work. It took me weeks of trials before I eventually gave up.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I settled on a Bluetooth remote control which I ordered from Maplin.<br>
>> >> This has been flawless. They are coded so it is possible to have<br>
>> >> several in one building without them conflicting. You just plug it in<br>
>> >> and it comes up as a HID input device (a keyboard and mouse). No<br>
>> >> drivers, no nothing. I have the key mappings if you want them.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Cheers,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Mike.<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Mike, I've been running this setup (tv, a/v receiver, etc), in this<br>
>> > room for years. The only difference between totally working and<br>
>> > totally not working is swapping in a different frontend computer with<br>
>> > a newer version of mythbuntu. No other moved/added/removed devices.<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:50 PM Roger Heflin <<a href="mailto:rogerheflin@gmail.com">rogerheflin@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
<br>
>> I had to modify the a kernel driver for xhci to get mine to work.<br>
>> 3.16.6 did not work without the change.<br>
>><br>
>> I have not been able to update kernels last time I tried as the newer<br>
>> kernels don't yet have the modification included last time I checked.<br>
>><br>
>> I think I posted the fix someplace, if not yell and I can probably<br>
>> figure out the change that I made. Without the change lirc did "see"<br>
>> keypresses but none of it made any sense (garbled stuff).<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> I can verify that making Roger's change to the usb core fixes the issue.<br>
<br>
> To summarize, an older USB IR receiver will not work when plugged into a<br>
> USB2 or USB3 port that is using xHCI. Bits will be dropped and scancodes<br>
> will not be received properly. This is below the level of lirc or<br>
> ir-keytables. I know it happens in 14.04 and later versions.<br>
<br>
> Patching config.c in drivers/usb/core fixes the issue (changing a line that<br>
> says n = 32 to n = 10) and compiling a new kernel.<br>
<br>
> Now my only problem is that after recompiling I no longer have any files in<br>
> /sys/class/rc. So I can use lirc, but not ir-keytable. A wrong kernel<br>
> config option? Dunno.<br>
<br>
> -Jerry<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div>If you recompile your kernel, you also have to recompile any external<br>
modules. Like from lirc or nvidia.<br>
<br>
Tot mails,<br>
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