[mythtv-users] Free USB RF remote (just $5.90 for shipping)

[Dex West]

Thanks Gabe for the steps, I'll give that a try
tonight.  If you search through this thread someone
did post a x10_lola config file for this remote, which
I plan to use once i have a working Lirc.


--- gabe at mustbethemoney.com wrote:
> OK, I had a devil of a time getting the remote to
> work, but i finally did,
> and it is not trivial.  This is what I did, read it
> all first, because
> some steps are uneccesary as you will see.
> 
> 1)Commented out out all the lirc references to the
> pvr-350 receiver from
> modules.conf
> 2)apt-get remove lirc, this was a huge issue as I
> think axel's package is
> configured for those pvr-350 or serial lirc.  Not
> sure, but I could not
> use his package
> 3)compile pre4 from source, sigh it does not work
> 4)kill all the lirc drivers from the kernel folder
> 5)compile again and setup the config script for the
> atiusb
> 6)wow, complies, and I have everything
> 7)/sbin/service lircd start, sigh, no such service
> 8)turns out it was in /usr/local/sbin, mv over to
> /usr/sbin, still does
> not work
> 9)put back in /usr/local/sbin and apt-get install
> lirc
> 10)copied my compiled version over to /usr/sbin to
> replace apt-get version
> 11)WOW, success, can start licrd via /sbin/service
> lircd start
> irrecord -d /dev/lirc x10.conf and I am able to
> start making a
> lircd.conf file (note it is /dev/lirc and nothing
> further)
> create the config file, and mv that over to
> /etc/lircd.conf.  This
> config file is like nothing else i have seen on the
> mythlists in terms
> of codes it sends
> irw works now!
> 
> Also, I needed to add these lines to modules.conf:
> 
> alias char-major-61 lirc_atiusb
> alias lirc_dev lirc_atiusb
> 
> which go after these lines:
> path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
> # default path
> path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
> 
> 
> you may need to reboot to make sure everything is
> kosher.
> 
> If there is demand, i can make available my lircrc
> and lircd.conf file,
> but my lircrc is a work in progress at this point
> 
> 
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