I have actually tried removing the LIRC
package that was part of FC4 and am not sure if I got it all. Can you please give
a simple command that would do that for Fedora Core.
Also I was only able to get theses buttons
to work (up, down, left, right and the number buttons) and while these buttons
work, they seem to repeat 4 times for every button I push.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mercury Morris
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005
12:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users]
Where's the ESC button on the ATI Remote Wonder?
On 11/26/05, Jakob
Fix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Mercury, Michael,
thanks for the recommendations to use LIRC. Is it painless to switch
from the kernel support to LIRC? Is there some Howto for
this? I'm
really uneasy to fix something that's not broke (well, it is not
working, agreed). I'm using the frontend on a Breezy Ubuntu, the
backend is on a Debian.
Well, complete disclosure
requires the following to be said: There is a bit of work to be done switching
from kernel support to LIRC. But after doing the work, I was quite happy
to have made the extra effort.
Here is how I started: I removed the LIRC package that had been loaded as part
of Fedora Core 3 installation. Then, I downloaded lirc-0.7.2 package from
lirc.org. By following the documentation in
the lirc-0.7.2 package (and there is a lot of documentation scattered
throughout), I was able to make the switch.
Before copying all my notes from the process, I recommend that you start with
the lirc-0.7.2 (or whatever is the latest) package and see how far you can get.
Since you are using both Ubuntu AND Debian, I'll assume that you know your way
around Linux.
Here's a hint: Only one of the kernel modules, ati_remote -and- lirc_atiusb,
can be active. So, you must rename the ati_remote kernel module, AND then
you have to adjust the Ubuntu equivalent file for Fedora Core's
"/etc/modprobe.conf".
By now, it might seem that LIRC isn't worth it, like it might be way too much
work. It isn't. The LIRC package is really WELL DONE. I have
no regrets whatsoever. In fact, the package is so good, I was able to
figure out how to have multiple ATI Remote Wonder remotes controlling multiple
MythTV systems. Having multiple MythTV systems using only the kernel
support might be a real challenge.
--
MM
