[mythtv-users] Program Guide, Lirc, and F-Keys -- Bug?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Oct 3 07:48:01 UTC 2010


  On 10/02/2010 06:59 PM, jmk wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 17:19 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> Let me guess:  you didn't use the Edit Keys section of mythfrontend to
>> edit your keys?  Many of the function keys are already mapped in TV
>> Playback, so you likely have conflicts--which Edit Keys would have
>> prevented.
>>
>> MythWeb's key bindings editor doesn't flag conflicts--thus the big
>> warning in red at the top of the page.  Similarly, direct DB editing
>> won't prevent conflicts.
> Correct, I used MythWeb, but it doesn't look like that's the issue. I
> had manually confirmed that the key (TiVo Select ->  F5) was only used
> for Global SELECT. I also just went into the Edit Keys and reselected
> the key, which didn't generate any warnings about conflicts.
>
> Pressing F5 on the keyboard within the Guide works fine to select a
> show. Pressing the keyboard F5 and the Tivo Select (LIRC F5) both work
> within menus and other screens. It's only in the Guide that the LIRC F5
> doesn't work ("4" seems to be entered when it's pressed). This seems odd
> to me...

Then likely duplicate blocks for the remote button in ~/.lircrc (i.e. 
config=F5 and config=4 for the TiVo Select button).

Mike


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