[mythtv-users] Fedora 19+ and MCE remote

[Alistair Grant]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi Justin,
>
> Saturday, December 13, 2014, 5:42:18 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Nope. I've tried it in both USB1 and USB2 ports.
>> Thanks,
>> -jdm
>> On Dec 13, 2014 11:41 AM, "Alistair Grant" <akgrant0710 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Justin Moore <justin.nonwork at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> Is anyone here running Fedora 19 or 20 and using a Hauppauge MCE remote (or
>  >> a Harmony remote emulating one) with the Microsoft-branded IR receiver? The
>  >> hardware works wonderfully with my old Fedora 14 system, but I can't get
>  >> ir-keytable or irw to see any events.
>  >>
>  >> I've been unable to get it to work and am at my wit's end. I figured I'd ask
>  >> before hitting the list with the wall of text of stuff I've tried so far.
>>
>>  Is it plugged in to a USB3 port?  There are issues with some kernel
>>  versions and USB3 ports, e.g. the 3.13 kernel, which are fixed in the
>>  3.16 kernel.
>>
>>  HTH,
>>  Alistair
>>
>
> We have had an issue here where even plugging into an 1.1 or 2.0 port
> didn't work until 3.0 was disabled in the bios! Weird but true!
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

Just to clarify a little more (since I did since such a bad job in my
original email)...

The problem can occur if your motherboard is configured to use the
Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI).  Kernel versions around
3.13 fail with older USB devices in the way you describe, i.e. the
device is present, but doesn't receive any input at all.

You may be able to test if this is the problem by temporarily
disabling xHCI in your motherboard (which will also disable USB3,
everything will need to connect via USB2 or USB1).  On my ASUS
motherboard it is disabled by clearing the "Intel xHCI Mode" checkbox.

Cheers,
Alistair