[mythtv-users] Nova-t remote with linux 2.6

[Robin Elvin]

I tried today to get my Hauppauge remote working with my Nova-T card.

I'm using Gentoo so I got the 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 kernel, patched it with the 
latest v4l diff and compiled it. After rebooting I now have /dev/input/event2 
but I can't seem to get lirc working. I also realised that I don't have a 
Hauppauge Grey remote but a Hauppauge Silver which is apparently different.

Anyway, I found that irw was printing all sorts of control characters when I 
pressed various buttons. That was until I found that it wasn't irw but direct 
keyboard input from the dvb driver - it prints stuff even if lirc isn't 
running. The only button that works as it should is OK which seems to map to 
Enter.

Part of /proc/bus/input/devices:

I: Bus=0001 Vendor=0070 Product=9002 Version=0001
N: Name="cx88 IR (Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T"
P: Phys=pci-0000:00:0c.2/ir0
H: Handlers=kbd event2
B: EV=100003
B: KEY=108fc000 100022 0 0 0 0 18000 4180 801 9e0000 7bb80 0 10000000

Now maybe I haven't RTFM properly and maybe I'm just getting a little 
impatient to get it working but I can't seem to bridge the gap between what 
the dvb driver is providing and where this maps to MythTV or even if lirc is 
involved along the way.

Anyone who can shed some light or point me in the right direction will make me 
a happy man ;)

-- 
Rob
On Monday 24 January 2005 18:33, Ashley Bostock wrote:
> You'll find this number might change depending what you have plugged
> in to the box, for example if I boot my mythbox with a keyboard
> connected to it (normally has nothing connected) then the remote
> doesnt work as the keyboard has taken the first /dev/input/event
> number and the remote is now been assigned a different one.
> 
> Just thought I'd mention it incase you find your remote stops working
> out of the blue...
> 
> Ash.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:56:01 +0000, Mark Howells <mark.howells at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:08:29 +0200, Kalle Pokki <kalle.pokki at iki.fi> 
wrote:
> > > Mark Howells wrote:
> > >
> > 
> > > >Also, pressing keys other than 0-9 doesn't cause any events at event0
> > > >either - so even using lirc I'd be know better off at the moment... :(
> > >
> > > Are you sure it is event0 you should be watching? You can check
> > > /proc/bus/input/devices to find out the correct event number. Mine is
> > > event5, for example.
> > 
> > Doh! (event2) I recently switched from a 2.4 to 2.6 kernel and I've
> > been using event0 for so long I forgot to check.  Thanks for that.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
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