[mythtv-users] IRKEYTABLE Problems
John Marshall
mythtv at marshallparty.org
Wed Jan 10 15:42:49 UTC 2018
On 1/10/2018 1:15 AM, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 5:16 PM, John Marshall <mythtv at marshallparty.org> wrote:
>> On 1/8/2018 9:05 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
>>>
>> I had similar issues with my StreamZap remote after upgrading to 16.04
>> recently. ir-keytable testing indicated that the --write was taking effect,
>> but it never worked in Myth. It turns out X/Myth wouldn't notice the
>> changes until a reboot, but on reboot it reverts back to the default
>> mappings, so catch-22.
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure that it's not so much an actual reboot as apposed to
> the keytable settings in effect when X starts. So some of this may
> depend on how you actually start mythtv. On my gentoo frontend I have
> mythtv starting automatically at boot using a line like this in
> /etc/inittab:
Yes, I believe it does just require an X restart. The thought slipped
my mind until later, but it's an important one because, as you noticed,
restarting X to test could be easier/faster than a full reboot.
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