[mythtv-users] More Cheap Remotes

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 27, 2010, at 1:49 PM, blake wrote:

> Okay, so the remote should be using the new mceusb driver, which if
> lirc isn't started up, will produce the output you're seeing. In
> ubuntu-land, if you start lirc, it *should* disable in-kernel decode
> and the input events you're seeing right now, allowing you to use just
> lirc.
> 
> OK, but lirc =is= running. And the remote can clearly affect the underlying desktop. Occasionally I'll hit a button that makes the up/down/left/right buttons move the mouse. Totally useless for basic Myth control.
> 
> Now, if I stop lirc, and do a ps -e, I get:
> 
> :/etc/lirc$ sudo ps -e | grep lirc    
> :/etc/lirc$ 
> 
> And the remote continues to work exactly as before: Desktop, console window, inside MythTV.

After starting lirc, cat /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols. I've seen at
least one other report where rc-5 and rc-6 weren't getting disabled
when they should have been -- the mce remote is rc-6.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com