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

[Kilian]

2009/3/20 Ma Begaj <derliebegott at gmail.com>

> 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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Thanks for this confirmation, although I would have liked to hear something
different ...
Perhaps a workaround would be to configure one button on the remote with
irexec to kill and immediately restart MythWelcome? I'll give this a try
this evening.
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