[mythtv-users] ir-keytable repeating keys

[Brandon Wells]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Tim Pletcher <pletchtd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Just to add to what Vince already shared, there is a udev rule in
>> /lib/udev/rules.d that loads the parameters for ir-keytable remote handling.
>>
>> I have customized the -D and -P parameters via this file on my Ubuntu 16.10
>> frontend system. This may not be the best place to apply this customization
>> but it works for me.  I am also not sure but I suspect the changes may get
>> wiped when performing a dist version upgrade.
>>
>> /lib/udev/rules.d$ cat 60-ir-keytable.rules
>> # Automatically load the proper keymaps after the Remote Controller device
>> # creation.
>> # The keycode tables rules should be at /etc/rc_maps.cfg
>>
>> ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="rc", RUN+="/usr/bin/ir-keytable -D 400 -P 750 -a
>> /etc/rc_maps.cfg -s $name"
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>
> Do you find that the -P (period) option seems to work? I definitely
> have mine getting set, but it's hard to tell if it's working, let
> alone reliably.
>
> It *seems* to have some affect, but some things still repeat REALLY fast for me.
>
> Thanks!
> Tom
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I'm not sure if this will help but when I upgraded my frontend to
Mythbuntu 17.04, I had the repeating keys issue.
I first tried modifying the lircd-uinput.service forcing the button up
( --add-release-events) which changed the behavior from constant
repeat to double key press.
I then tried stopping lircd-uinput.service (systemd) and everything
became single button press events like before the upgrade.
I have disabled this service and rebooted multiple times and have not
had any problems since.
This might be one of the things moved into the newer kernel shipping
with 17.04 (4.10) which creates repeating conflicts with the
previously installed lircd-uinput service.