[mythtv-users] Remote Issues

[Ben Norling]

IRW seems to work great. I see the hauppauge remote codes just fine.
I'm not seeing any output from ircat, however.
I've executed the program like this:

  /usr/bin/ircat -c .lircrc         (from the myth users home directory)

What does this mean?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kuphal" <kuphal at dls.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Remote Issues


> Ben Norling wrote:
>
> >That's what I did.  However something is still not right.
> >
> >Is there any way to test that the file is working properly?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Michelle Moss" <michelle.moss at iinet.net.au>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:34 PM
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Remote Issues
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Ben Norling wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello all,
> >>>
> >>>  I have set up a myth box using Jarod's Fedora Howto.  I've gotten
> >>>everything to work fine accept for my hauppauge remote control doesn't
> >>>work when playing videos.  It works for television and the interface,
> >>>etc.  I'm hoping that I've overlooked something simple.  Any advice?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Maybe you don't have settings in your lircrc file for the player you are
> >>using for videos (xine, mplayer, ??). Note that mythtv uses
> >>~/.mythtv/lircrc whereas other programs usually use ~/.lircrc
> >>
> >>On my system I use a softlink to link  the two
> >>$ ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc .lircrc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> Sure, use the ircat program from lirc.  Tell it the config file and
> program to act like and then push buttons on your remote.  If they are
> registered right then you will see the output.  If not, use a program
> like irw to test that you are getting out and/or what kind from your
> lirc program.
>
> Kevin
>
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