[mythtv-users] Definitive guide for setting multimedia keyboards in Myth?

[Brian Wood]

On Jan 30, 2006, at 4:00 PM, Jason Lewis wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a similar ir remote and I found the easiest way of setting  
> it up
> was to use lirc. lirc can take its input from a particular usb  
> keyboard
> and remap the keys to whatever you like. perfect for configuring a usb
> ir remote.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jason.
>
> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>> Okay, so it looks like my USB IR Remote identifies itself as a
>> keyboard.  That's cool, but a lot of the buttons aren't sending back
>> characters.  It seems to be similar to multimedia keyboard with  
>> all the
>> extra buttons.
>>
>> Is there a definitive guide out there for setting one of these up?
>> Does KnoppMyth have a dormant solution for this?
>> I installed SVEN  ( http://sven.linux.kiev.ua/index-en.shtml ),  
>> but it
>> still misses a lot of the signals.
>>



You might try xbindkeys. In the config mode it will show you the code  
received from your device, which you can then bind to whatever  you  
wish.

"Whatever you wish" might be xvkbd, which can simulate any keystroke  
combination. Check its man page for more info.

I'm assuming you're running a recent kernel, and have USB HIDEV  
enabled in it.