[mythtv-users] i have to press keys twice on my remote

[Tony Guadagno]

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:38:45 +0000
From: Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com>
To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] i have to press keys twice on my remote
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---- On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:51:55 +0000 Tony Guadagno  wrote ----
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>hi, i have had this issue ever since i installed my remote. i am using a RoseWill remote with mscusb. for the most part, it works well but usually i need to press keys twice for myth to react. I have noticed that if i press successive keys without pause, i do not need to double press them.
> I have tried searching for answers and I see some mention of other kernel modules stealing the remote codes but i don't see what to do about it.
> When i use ir-keytable, i can tell that even thought myth is not seeing the keypress, the keypress is getting to debian.
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>does anyone have any advice on how to troubleshoot this issue? 
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>thanks in advance. 
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>i use ubuntu, and have 'irw' tool to show keypresses.
>every keypress on my Logitech harmony results in 3 signals being recieved on the FE (according to irw)
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>in the mythtv lirc config, each line has a 'delay' value. does this figure match how many signals your remote is sending? >ie: lirc config says delay = 2, but your remote only send 1 signal? this would result in missed keypresses.
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>(and the opposite, if lirc config was set to delay = 1, and your remote sent 3 signals per press, mythtv would act 3 times >cper keypress)


thanks all, to be clear, i am not using lirc, i am using mceusb and ir-keytable with scan codes.  i think the problem is there is another module intercepting some of the codes, but i don't know which or how to figure it out.