[mythtv-users] Long delays with remote occasionally

[Richard Shaw]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Josh Mastronarde <jmastron at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Larry J - Dell LT <larry at foxgulch.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> For what's worth,  in my Mythbuntu gnome desktop
>>> System->Preferences->Screensaver (which you can also access from the command
>>> line with  gnome-screensaver-preferences)    I   DO NOT have a check by
>>> "Activate Screensaver when CPU Idle".    When I do a ps -A | grep gnome   I
>>> DO see a process ID associated with the gnome-screen-sav.    But since
>>> installing Josh's replacement  libmythavformat file, I haven't experienced
>>> any   IR Remote Button Presses delays.   So here at least, it seems
>>> sufficient just to NOT HAVE a check by "Activate Screensaver when CPU Idle".
>>>   I never see the screensaver activate so I assume that my entry in the gui
>>> has prevented the screen saver from activating/running.
>>>
>>> So I've made all the corrections suggested by Josh.
>>>
>>> 1.  Screensaver is configured not to activate
>>>
>>> 2.  Option "UseEvents" "True"' in the "Device"  section  of
>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>
>>> 3.  Replaced  libmythavformat  with Josh's new and improved file.
>>
>> Have I missed a post somewhere? Where do I get this replacement
>> libmythavformat file?
>
> No, you haven't missed it -- I just emailed it to a couple people on
> this thread who wanted to see if it helped (and it did for at least
> one).  It's a 300KB gzipped file that you drop into /usr/lib.  Email
> me directly and I'll send it to you if you want (with all the caveats
> about trust that go along with dropping in a binary file some random
> person sends you :-)
>
> If you compile yourself, the patch is available in the ticket I filed:
>  http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6406.

Does this work for x86_64 myth users?

Richard