[mythtv-users] Where do I put lircd? Plus how I got my remote to work

[Allen Edwards]

I have my remote working on my MX-500 but cannot find best way to make 
it boot up working.  I have mythbuntu 8.04 and am gun shy about 
following complex instructions for other releases as they seem too 
complex.  I can find no updated documentation. There is no Mythbuntu 
8.04 wiki at mythbuntu.org, for example.

I have everything working.  All I have to do is issue this command 
"lircd -H upd -d 5000" then restart X and the remote fires into my HD 
Home Run and works perfectly.

To make it permanent, do I add the above command to /etc/rc.local? 
Somewhere else?  Is it more complex than that?

Anyway, this is what I did.  I have an old remote left over from a 
broken DVD player.  It is an N2QAHB000012 which, of course, is not in 
the database.  I had a starting code for the MX-500 but can use the 
learning mode on the MX-500 now that I have a the old DVD remote to 
provide the codes so it is not a problem.

I used irrecord and followed the inline instructions and created a file 
which I copied to lircd.conf.  That was easy.  I then ran 
mythbuntu-lirc-generator to create my keybindings files, also easy. 
However, I found many keys missing so created a little dictionary 
(below) by looking in the sample files /usr/share/lirc/remotes/ and 
actually doing dummy installs.  I modified several of the key names in 
my lircd.conf file to match the key names in some of those sample remote 
files.

There were still several keys that I wanted, aspect, play+, play- that I 
could not find a way to auto generate so I modified the ~/.lirc/mythtv 
file and added them to the list of key codes.

I used irw to test the remote, it is very helpful.

Below is my dictionary of key names that mythbuntu-lirc-generator will 
recognize.  There may be more but this is what I could find.

Finally, I issued my lircd command and restarted X.  All is good except 
I am unsure where to put the command to make it permanent on reboot 
without issuing the command manually.

Allen


button	config

Right	Right
Down	Down
Pause	P
Menu	M
Return	Escape
Play	P
Stop	Escape
Display	I
Enter	Return
Up	Up
Enter	Enter
Guide	S
Left	Left
Mute	|
Skip	Z
Replay	Q
Home	M
ChanDown	Down
ChanUp	Up
Rewind	<
Forward	>
VolDown	[
VolUp	]
More	I
OK	Return
RecTV	R
One	1
Two	2
Three	3
Four	4
Five	5
Six	6
Seven	7
Eight	8
Nine	9
Zero	0
Record	R
rrev	<
ffwd	>
vol+	]
start	Return
vol-	[
REC	R
REV	<
FF	>
OSD	I