[mythtv-users] Please please help me

[N.E.Whiteford]

OK, I'l give the LIRC thing a go. I take it I don't actually need a
remote and I can just send it commands from the command line, I'll check
the docs cheers.

As for window managers, I'm running gnome right now I'm guessing
ratpoison is simpler and therefore should remove some possible
problems? I'll try that if the LIRC thing doesn't work out.

cheer!

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 02/27/2006 06:27 PM, N.E.Whiteford wrote:
> > For the love of God please someone help me with the myth problem I'm
> > having. I've asked this before but the response I've got is "maybe it's
> > a focus problem", someone suggested I try rat poison, this seems a
> > little drastic at this point.
> >   
> 
> That was me.  I meant to try the Window Manager called "Ratpoison" ( 
> http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ )  Glad you didn't blindly take my 
> advice before getting the clarification, though.  :)
> 
> > The problem is that after changing channel once mythtvfrontend is
> > unresponsive and doesn't let me change channel, tho I can still watch
> > tv. The logs and console output show nothing abnormal.
> >   
> 
> Have you tried using LIRC with Myth's native LIRC support (i.e. "prog = 
> mythtv" ).  If you have a focus issue and the keyboard stops responding, 
> native LIRC will continue to function properly (and allow you to control 
> the app).  Note, however, that using irxevent ("prog = irxevent") may 
> show the same problems as your keyboard--depending on how you've 
> configured LIRC.
> 
> > I'd like to do some debugging, but gdb uses up all available memory and
> > kills the backend when I do this. So can someone give me a few
> > tips? Perhaps just tell me which classes deal with responding to
> > keyboard events when changing channel and how this is switched off and
> > no, then maybe I can add some couts and start debugging?
> >   
> 
> If you can get native LIRC working with Myth, verify that it still works 
> when your keyboard stops responding, and you'll know it's a focus 
> problem.  Then you can try Ratpoison (not rat poison).  If even the 
> native LIRC stops responding, then we /know/ it's not just a focus issue.
> 
> > Please please help I beg you my housemates will force me to install
> > windows and I may have to turn to the rat poison after all.
> 
> Yeah.  I think if forced to use Windows, rat poison is a better solution 
> than Ratpoison--even if someone were to port the WM to Windows.
> 
> Mike
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