[mythtv-users] MCE remote after 0.21 -> 0.27 upgrade

[Alec Leamas]

On 14/08/15 21:40, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
>
> On 8/14/2015 11:30 AM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>> On Thursday, August 13, 2015 01:52:47 PM Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>> Now I think I've just gotten spun-around by it all and there's a
>>> "Duh" moment awaiting me. What could I be missing? Do I really need
>>> to use lirc after all? Disable X (or something else like the kernel
>>> driver) from getting in the way? Something that XFCE is doing that my
>>> old FluxBox setup wasn't?
>> Thanks to John and Stephen for replies which I haven't got to trying
>> yet since my weekend sports recording is starting and I don't want to
>> futz much with anything that might disturb that.
>>
>> >From reading around though, I've seen a couple notes about X (for
>> XFCE at least) capturing MCE remote codes and the need to create an
>> xorg.conf.d file like:
>>
>> # Disable the MCE remote from acting like a keyboard.  (We use lirc
>> instead.)
>> Section "InputClass"
>>      Identifier   "MCE USB Keyboard mimic blacklist"
>>      Driver       "mceusb"
>>      MatchProduct "Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver
>> (1934:5168)"
>>      Option       "Ignore" "on"
>> EndSection


Nothing I've actually done, but when I for various reasons checked this 
there seem to be at least four ways (!):

- Using xorg.conf like above e. g., as described in [1].
- Reloading the kernel modules in a new order, bottom of [2].
- Using a usbhid quirk [3] (the temporary solution).
- Disabling he usbhid driver using the kernel unbind interface: [4] and [5].

Personally, I'd try the last option first, it looks most promising to me.

HTH. If not, I've some documentation for myself :)


Cheers!

--alec


[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LIRC
[2]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1175001
[3]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907221
[4]: https://lwn.net/Articles/143397/
[5]: 
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/13964/prevent-claiming-of-novelty-usb-device-by-usbhid-so-i-can-control-it-with-libusb