[mythtv-users] licrd not working in Xubuntu 20.04

[Jim Abernathy]

On 5/12/20 7:02 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>
> On 5/12/20 5:04 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>
>>> I should just say "never mind" :-)
>>> I found  what is called an Air Mouse remote (
>>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Air_mouse_rf_remote) I had bought ($15) for
>>> another application on a Raspberry Pi.  I decided to try that on Mythtv
>>> Frontend on the Ubuntu PC. I should have started with that.
>>> I just plugged in the receiver and it worked as described on the mythtv
>>> wiki page. so far I have only used "Edit Keys" Function to redefine the
>>> Home key to Escape.
>>>
>>> I like being able to have a Qwerty keyboard on the other side of the 
>>> remote.
>>>
>>> For now, I'll just throw the MCE remote and receiver back in the attic.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help as always.
>>>
>> Mmm. I found it necessary to map the Home key on my Chinese-knockoff 
>> MCE remote to "M" for Menu.
>>
>> Does that remote of yours have a separate Menu button?
>
> My air mouse is just like the one on the mythtv air mouse wiki page 
> photo, except for the color of some of the buttons. Mine has a qwerty 
> backlighted keyboard. The wiki suggested mapping the home to esc so 
> that's what I tried.
>
> Jim A
>
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Air_mouse_rf_remote

Just a last comment on switching to the air mouse.  Since I had a lot of 
residual lirc stuff laying around I decided to do a clean install of 
Xubuntu 20.04 and just use the Air mouse, 
(https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Air_mouse_rf_remote).

Now I found that some of the buttons could not be used on the Air mouse 
in mythtv, Edit Keys. They were being trapped by the Desktop 
environment.  On Xubuntu there is a setting app for Keyboards that 
control if the Desktop grabs the button before the apps, like mythtv. I 
removed Home, WWW, Information buttons from Xubuntu and then I could use 
then in Mythtv by configuring Edit Keys in Setup.

I reconfigured one button in XFCE4 Keyboard settings to launch mythtv, 
that way, if I'm using the Desktop, I can launch Mythtv without using 
the pointer function of the Air Mouse which can be a challenge.

Jim A