[mythtv-users] MCE USB IR receiver; remote not working in MythWelcome

Ma Begaj derliebegott at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 09:33:58 UTC 2009


2009/3/20 Kilian <kilian27 at googlemail.com>:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I bought the Philips SRM5100 IR remote and USB receiver which works nearly
> perfectly out-of-the-box with Mythbuntu 8.10. It seems to be the same MCE
> compatible remote as listed on
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote#Media_Center_Remotes
> (the picture on the very right)
>
> Here is the link to the official Philips product website:
> http://tinyurl.com/philips-srm5100
>
> There is just one problem: When I boot up the computer, the USB receiver is
> in an OFF state. It only gets activated by pressing the "Power" button on
> the remote. Only then, the the receiver's green status LED lights up and the
> device is shown with "lsusb". But the remote is not working in Mythwelcome.
> It does work with irw and also in MythTV (after I used the keyboard to start
> it from MythWelcome). If I exit MythTV back to MythWelcome, the remote is
> still not working there. If I then kill MythWelcome and start it from the
> command line, the remote is working.
> When I activate the USB receiver during system boot, it works in MythWelcome
> and everywhere else right from the beginning.
>
> Summary:
> It seems as if the USB receiver has to be active before MythWelcome is
> started. As I use ACPI wakeup, and the USB receiver does not activate itself
> during system start, this is often not the case.
> What can I do? Is there a way that MythWelcome recognizes the USB receiver
> subsequently?
>

you have to start lircd before starting mythwelcome. there is no way around.


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