[mythtv-users] LIRC v ir-keytable -- Remote Control

[jim]

On 02/09/2015 09:54 AM, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 09/02/15 15:34, jim wrote:
>
>> Some of the keys, such as volume up, result in a temporary pop-up window
>> showing a speaker icon with associated increase in volume, but nothing
>> is shown by ir-keytable -t on the command line.
>
> Is it  that the kernel sees your device as a keyboard rather than a 
> remote? This should be obvious when looking at the dmesg output.
>
> I'm not a ir-keytable guru, but according to the manpage it is 
> strictly a tool for remote controls. and from the kernel's perspective 
> I guess a keyboard isn't.
>
> Cheers
>
> --alec
Here is the relevant part of dmesg. I can't claim to be an expert in 
reading this output. Is there any significance to rc0/input17 here vice 
the input14 in the ir-keytable output?

[    9.895438] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce
[    9.895741] input: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver 
(1784:0011) as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4/3-4:1.0/rc/rc0/input17
[    9.896077] rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver 
(1784:0011) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4/3-4:1.0/rc/rc0
[    9.900305] IR NEC protocol handler initialized
[    9.900339] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
[    9.902812] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
[    9.903229] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
[    9.903286] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
[    9.906423] IR SANYO protocol handler initialized
[    9.908320] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb) as 
/devices/virtual/input/input18
[    9.908374] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
[    9.908828] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 250
[    9.910083] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) 
registered at minor = 0
[    9.910085] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
[   10.054795] mceusb 3-4:1.0: Registered Topseed Technology Corp. eHome 
Infrared Transceiver with mce emulator interface version 2
[   10.054798] mceusb 3-4:1.0: 2 tx ports (0x0 cabled) and 2 rx sensors 
(0x1 active)
[   10.054817] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb

~Jim