[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: ATI Remote Wonder with Fedora 15

[John Welch]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jun 29, 2011, at 7:24 PM, John Welch wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>>> On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:23 PM, John Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 06/02/2011 12:24 PM, John Welch wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>>>> On 06/02/2011 09:21 AM, John Welch wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'll check with Axel to see if the 'lirc_atiusb' module is something
>>>>>>>> that he has provided in the past and may be able to package for F15.
>>>>>>>> Failing that, I'll work on the 'ati_remote' method.
>>>>>>> FWIW, I like/use lirc_atiusb driver because it allows me to use the
>>>>>>> "mouse" device as regular remote buttons instead of as a (useless to
>>>>>>> MythTV) mouse.  If you don't care to change the mouse to regular remote
>>>>>>> buttons, using ati_remote with lirc's devinput driver to provide a
>>>>>>> custom mapping of buttons is likely the easiest approach.  (I'm pretty
>>>>>>> sure--though not positive--that the ati_remote/devinput approach cannot
>>>>>>> be used to treat remote mouse events as button events.)
>>>>>> Thanks Mike.  I'd like to continue to use the lirc_atiusb driver
>>>>>> simply because I have everything setup and working the way I want it.
>>>>>> I don't think I necessarily *need* the mouse buttons, but it is nice
>>>>>> to have the option to use them as remote buttons.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ooops.  Too many drivers--I copy/pasted the wrong name.  I meant I
>>>>> actually use the atilibusb driver.  It's much nicer than lirc_atiusb
>>>>> because it's a userspace driver (and, in the case of atilibusb, doesn't
>>>>> require /any/ kernel modules for the ATI remote--since it uses libusb to
>>>>> access the device directly).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a big fan of the LIRC drivers that don't require special/LIRC-only
>>>>> kernel modules, and I believe I've saved many times the amount of time
>>>>> it took me to switch drivers just in not having to deal with special
>>>>> kernel modules.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> OK, thanks.  Looks like I have another option to look at :)
>>>
>>> Note, however, that for reasons I don't yet understand, some of the lirc
>>> userspace drivers aren't getting built into the F15 lirc userspace
>>> packages. I thought I'd fixed it in lirc-0.9.0-5.fc15, but apparently not.
>>> I'll get it sorted out as soon as I can though...
>>>
>>>
>> Just circling back to this almost a month after my last post.  I guess
>> this is a question mostly for Jarod.  Since my last post F15 has had a
>> "normal" update (from "updates" repo) of the 'lirc' package to
>> 0.9.0-6, and I just did an update enabling the "updates-testing" repo,
>> which got me to version 0.9.0-7.  Plus there has been a kernel update
>> (not sure if it would have any affect on this or not).  I still cannot
>> get my ATI Remote Wonder working using the 'atilibusb' driver.  It
>> appears that this driver still isn't getting built into the lirc
>> packages.  Am I missing something or is this still a known issue?  If
>> it is still an issue, is a fix likely to come soon or should I start
>> looking at other options?
>
> I committed the fix in upstream lirc and backported it to the 0.9.0-6.fc15
> package on June 6th, and the -7 build I just pulled down shows atilibusb
> in the lircd -H help output. What seems to be the problem, officer?
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com
>
>
>

Well, in simplest terms my remote just doesn't work like it used to
before I upgraded to F15.  Some keys (up, down, left, right) work, but
most do not.  Let me do some more checking on my end.  Maybe I changed
something in my original troubleshooting steps and forgot to change it
back.  If you say the issue is resolved in the lirc package then the
problem is most likely on my end.

Thanks,
John