[mythtv-users] Remote control - some buttons take two presses

Don Brett dlbrett at zoominternet.net
Mon Feb 15 03:36:39 UTC 2016


On 2/13/2016 6:13 PM, Phill Edwards wrote:
>
>     I'm using an MCE remote with lirc on a new installation of
>     Mytybuntu-14.04.  It worked fine on my previous installation of
>     Mythbuntu 12.04.  On this, some of the button work normally, some
>     require a second press.
>
>     Using irw,  I press a working button and the message comes onto
>     the screen immediately.   Pressing a non-working button, I get no
>     message, wait seconds, press again and get two messages
>     immediately.  MythTv responds the same as irw, on non-working
>     buttons, it waits for  the second press.  It's as if something is
>     holding onto the first event.
>
>     This is a completely new box that I built months ago, but never
>     finished.  During the build, lirc didn't work at all until I
>     copied some of the configuration files from the 12 box to the 14
>     box.  Not sure if that means anything, but maybe I broke something
>     in the process.
>
>
> LIRC works differently in Mythbuntu 14.04.  Have a look at 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/592858#592858 which 
> may help.
>
>
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I looked through those threads, it sounds like I may need to manually 
switch over to the kernel-based system.  It's amazing that a brand new 
build with a pretty common remote doesn't just work.




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