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

[Don Brett]

On 2/14/2016 10:36 PM, Don Brett wrote:
> 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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Got it working!

I read more from the threads you suggested and eventually realized that 
using files from the 12.04 version was a bad idea.  I think 
/etc/lirc/hardware.conf was the culprit.  After restoring the original 
files, the remotes started working correctly.

Then I had a problem with the HD-PVR.  All the setups and scripts were 
good (except in the Mythbuntu control panel; it blanks out the blaster 
selection and throws and error...but the configs were correct) so I 
tried un-commenting "DISABLE_KERNEL_SUPPORT="false" " in hardware.conf.  
That made the HD-PVR work, but the remote went crazy (most keys had 
double hits), so I commented out that line again.  After re-boot, both 
remote and HD-PVR worked correctly.  Not sure why, but I'll take the 
win.  Thanks for the suggestion.

PS - The remote works better than it ever has.  The keyboard system 
seems to be a big improvement.



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