[mythtv-users] Virtual keyboard with MCE remote?

Karl Newman newmank1 at asme.org
Sun Jan 11 20:03:10 UTC 2015


On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 5:32 AM, Frank Phillips <frankalso at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hoi Karl,
>>>>
>>>> Sunday, January 11, 2015, 1:32:44 AM, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On Jan 10, 2015 11:44 AM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hoi Karl,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Saturday, January 10, 2015, 8:17:07 PM, you wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> > Hi,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> > I can't seem to get the line edit virtual keyboard to pop up when
>>>> >> > using my MCE remote (Ortek VRC-1100). I'm NOT using lirc; I
>>>> verified
>>>> >> > with ir-keytable that it is sending KEY_ENTER when I press either
>>>> >> > the OK button or the Enter button on the remote. When I press
>>>> either
>>>> >> > button on a text edit field, it enters the field in edit mode and I
>>>> >> > can see the cursor in the field, but it won't show the virtual
>>>> >> > keyboard. It does work on my other MythTV machine (combined
>>>> >> > frontend/backend) using lirc, but that translates KEY_ENTER to
>>>> >> > Return. I verified that "Use line edit virtual keyboard" is
>>>> selected
>>>> >> > under Setup->General (and also verified the setting using
>>>> MythWeb). Any help?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>
> Hi Karl,
>
> I opened a bug report, as I have noticed this a while back and you
> reminded me about it. The offending commit has been reverted in master in
> exchange for a more invasive change.
>
> https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12347
>
> Ack, you're right! Thanks for finding that, Frank. I mentioned that it
worked on my main frontend because it *used* to work and I assumed it still
was working... but it's broken there now too. So maybe just reverting that
one commit you found might make it work again? I'll experiment with it.

Thanks,

Karl
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