[mythtv-users] ATI Remote Wonder 2

[Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന്‍]

ATI RemoteWonder II on Ubuntu Gutsy has me the trouble detailed here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/37359

At times it needs to be un plugged and re-plugged  to function properly.



On Dec 4, 2007 10:59 PM, Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന് <evuraan at gmail.com> wrote:

> After about 2 hours of R&D, I figured it out, I could use this remote
> (using ati_remote2 module) with the help of xmodprobe. will post detailed
> how to sometime later, but here is the quick-n-dirty howto.
>
> (1)  Run from your xterm/gnome-terminal, xmodmap -pke >
> /somedir/sanekeys.txt
>
> (2) Save the following to a file, say map.txt in /somedir
>
> ! power
> keycode 222 = F1
> ! scan
> keycode 229 = F2
> ! mute
> keycode 160 = F3
> ! recall
> keycode 133 = F4
> ! stop
> keycode 232 = F5
> ! play
> keycode 179 = p
> ! <<
> keycode 234 = Left
> ! >>
> keycode 233 = Right
> ! vol+
> keycode 176 = F10
> ! vol-
> keycode 174 = F11
> ! options
> keycode 41 = o
> ! options1
> keycode 136 = o
> ! options2
> keycode 140 = o
> ! escape
> keycode 232 = Escape
> ! pause
> keycode 110 = p
> ! ff
> keycode 102 = Right
> ! rew
> keycode 100 = Left
> ! arippa
> keycode 158 = Escape
> ! red
> keycode 54 = d
>
>
> Here's how you can launch mythf/e:
>
> /usr/bin/xmodmap /somedir/map.txt | /usr/bin/mythfrontend 2>/dev/null;
> /usr/bin/xmodmap /somedir/sanekeys.txt
>
> Here's what it does, line 1 loads F/E with keymaps in map.txt, when done,
> line 2 resets it to sane keymaps defined in sanekeys.txt
>
> I  will write up a detailed howto later. In the meantime if anybody else
> had anything to add, it wud have been helpful.
>
> Also,  (1) What's the keymapping for the "OK" button in the middle of 4
> directional  arrows?
>
> Cheers..!
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 11:53 AM, Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന് <evuraan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I did that, and loaded lirc_atiusb  even manually. However, irw
> > shows no key seqs rec'd.
> >
> > Not that ati_remote2 is entirely useless - I could use Vol+, Vol-, Mute,
> > the 4 arrow keys (except the OK in the middle) for myth right after plugging
> > it in. But the native mappings appeared to be way off, and senseless to me.
> >
> > Now, if anybody using xmodmap on top on ati_remote2 would chime whether
> > to keep it or not, that would have been helpfull.
> >
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2007 10:43 AM, John < jharitos at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > When I use to use the remote, I added
> > >
> > > blacklist ati_remote2
> > >
> > > to the top of my modprobe.conf file. This prevented
> > > the kernel from loading the remote so you're able to
> > > use lirc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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