[mythtv-users] ATI Remote Wonder - Cannot make it work

[Risto Treksler]

make sure all the modules are loaded 

it won't work without keybdev and 
if you don't also have a usb keyboard hooked up
it might not be loaded automatically

as root

/sbin/modprobe input
/sbin/modprobe keybdev
/sbin/modprobe ati_remote

you'll also want to patch ati_remote.c
to make it more myth friendly

here's what I use
(see attachment)


On Monday 08 November 2004 12:44 am, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 04 November 2004 07:39, Mercury Morris wrote:
> > > Yes, faulty hardware is still a possibilty.  Testing on
> > > Windows is less of a possibility because I have no
> > > Windows machine.
> > >
> > > But I am willing to buy a new computer with Windows
> > > installed, to test the ATI Remote as well as other devices.
> > >
> > > Could a laptop or notebook be used to test the ATI Remote?
> > > There just isn't room (or power outlets) for another desktop
> > > computer in the house.  Please post here if you feel you know
> > > how a small Windows laptop could be used to install the ATI
> > > software and test the device.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > More information: probably not faulty hardware.
>
> Good to know. Yes, it ought to have worked on a Windows laptop also.
>
> > I removed the USB plugin from the MythTV machine, took
> > it and the Remote upstairs and plugged it into another machine.
> >
> > The upstairs machine also runs Fedora Core 2, same kernel, etc.
> > Several messages appeared in the log, after which I pressed the '1'
> > button and a '1' was typed on the screen.  It was just as if I had
> > pressed the '1' key on the keyboard.
>
> Cool.
>
> > So, I guess it's just start from scratch on the MythTV machine.
>
> Not necessary.
>
> > There is one specific difference between the two machines:
> > Upstairs has no LIRC running at all, no lirc shows up when
> > lsmod is used to see what modules are loaded.
>
> So make the non-functional one match it.
>
> > In one tutorial that advocated using only ati_remote, specific
> > instructions were give to remove all of lirc from the system.
> > I find it hard to believe that lirc must be completely removed
> > from a system, just for ati_remote to work.  If you can confirm
> > that lirc must be removed, please post your experience here.
>
> Just comment out any lirc module lines and stop lircd from running on boot
> (chkconfig lircd off). Saw you already got it working though.

-- 
Risto Treksler
Elkhorn Lodge
Banff, Alberta, Canada
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