[mythtv-users] Phantom IR key presses?

[Ben Lancaster]

On 6 Jun 2006, at 00:45, Lee McLaren wrote:

> Ben Lancaster wrote:
>> On 5 Jun 2006, at 09:33, Lee McLaren wrote: Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>> Ben Lancaster writes:
>>>> I have a working LIRC 0.8.0 CVS install using the Linux Input  
>>>> Layer as the device, but there's something weird happening with  
>>>> Myth. I'm getting quite regular phantom keypresses. For example,  
>>>> in the guide, if I press down a few times, then up once, it'll  
>>>> repeat the previous down command. irw reports the correct keys  
>>>> being pressed, so the problem lies somewhere between the command  
>>>> hitting mythtv from LIRC, and it performing it.
>>> I am guessing that u have digital tv card and the remote is being  
>>> received by it and mapped as key presses
>> Correct!
>>> I found that if you stopped lircd while watching TV the number  
>>> keys would still appear on the screen like you are direct  
>>> inputing the channel, if that's the case post back and I will go  
>>> into depth on what I had to do to fix.
>> consider this a post back! Thanks very much for offering to  
>> help :D Ben _______________________________________________ mythtv- 
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> Ok,
>
> This is how I fixed it:
>
> Read this wiki,
> http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Remote_controllers
>
> Follow the bit under quick instructions and do the irrecord to  
> create the config for your remote.
>
>
> Then change your hardware.conf so that it uses the event you found  
> as in the wiki, my complete file is shown below for a reference:
> root at mythtv:/etc/lirc# cat hardware.conf
> # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> #
> #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
> LOAD_MODULES=true
> LIRCD_ARGS="-H dev/input -d /dev/input/event3"
>
> Save you irrecord file in the /etc/lirc dir as lircd.conf
>
> Edit your /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc file to use the new keys and  
> you are away.
>

Thanks Lee.

Unfortunately, this hasn't solved my problems :( They're no better!

Out of interest, which card/remote are you using? I'm on a Compro  
VideoMate DVB-T300 (saa7134 based)

Ben