[mythtv-users] IRKEYTABLE Problems

[Jack McGee]

On 01/10/2018 06:06 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:42:49 -0600, you wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Restarting X on Ubuntu 16.04 is simple:
> 
> systemctl restart lightdm

Thanks gentlemen.  Problem sorted out now thanks.  Just added the 
correct info to rc6_mce and overwrote the file in /lib/udev/rc_keymaps/