2012-05-19, 15:50
Hi All,
I am new to this forum, so I hope I am posting correctly.
Technical details Ubuntu 11.10, XBMC 11.0 Git:Unknown (Compiled : Mar 24 2012), on an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 (atom i686)
As of yesterday I was the happiest XBMC user Then my Cyberlink remote control stopped working. I checked and found the batteries were almost dead. Anyway I changed the batteries and the IR leds would not switch off, so I assume the unit is broken.
The CyberLink Remote was set up using the following guide: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...e_on_Linux
It was working flawlessly.
Unfortunately I can't find any of these remotes for sale anymore, so I thought I might be able to use a different remote with the same receiver. I found this site that says it is possible: http://flavor8.com/index.php/2010/02/25/...with-lirc/
In that post it mentions the IR device will be at /dev/lirc*. Although on my system I only have /dev/lircd, which I have read is a kind of virtual device that XBMC and other programs use.
my /etc/lirc/hardware.conf is:
/proc/bus/input/devices
dmesg
http://pastebin.com/wZy6N00C
I have read that to test the receiver to use mode2 on the device that is listed in the hardware conf.
When I run
I get /dev/input/event7
Then when I run mode2 with that device I get
I have been searching for the past 2 days and can't find anything to do with this. I have found some people saying that LIRC is broken in Ubuntu 11.10.
Any advice on how to get my IR receiver to work with a different remote would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
K
I am new to this forum, so I hope I am posting correctly.
Technical details Ubuntu 11.10, XBMC 11.0 Git:Unknown (Compiled : Mar 24 2012), on an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 (atom i686)
As of yesterday I was the happiest XBMC user Then my Cyberlink remote control stopped working. I checked and found the batteries were almost dead. Anyway I changed the batteries and the IR leds would not switch off, so I assume the unit is broken.
The CyberLink Remote was set up using the following guide: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...e_on_Linux
It was working flawlessly.
Unfortunately I can't find any of these remotes for sale anymore, so I thought I might be able to use a different remote with the same receiver. I found this site that says it is possible: http://flavor8.com/index.php/2010/02/25/...with-lirc/
In that post it mentions the IR device will be at /dev/lirc*. Although on my system I only have /dev/lircd, which I have read is a kind of virtual device that XBMC and other programs use.
my /etc/lirc/hardware.conf is:
Code:
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Cyberlink Media Centre"
REMOTE_MODULES=""
REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput"
REMOTE_DEVICE="`cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -A4 "TopSeed" | grep event | tail -n1 | sed 's/.*\(event[0-9]\+\).*/\/dev\/input\/\1/'`"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="/etc/lirc/lircd.conf"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="--device=`cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -A4 "TopSeed" | grep event | tail -n1 | sed 's/.*\(event[0-9]\+\).*/\/dev\/input\/\1/'` --driver=dev/input"
/proc/bus/input/devices
Code:
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0766 Product=0204 Version=0100
N: Name="TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device "
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:04.0-3/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event4
B: PROP=0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=10000 7 ff9f207a c14057ff febeffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=1f
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0766 Product=0204 Version=0100
N: Name="TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device "
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:04.0-3/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.1/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd mouse1 event5
B: PROP=0
B: EV=17
B: KEY=c0390 60d0c00 0 0 70000 4 118000 21f8 d001d804 9e0400 0 0 0
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device (lircd bypass)"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input11
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse3 event7
B: PROP=0
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103
dmesg
http://pastebin.com/wZy6N00C
I have read that to test the receiver to use mode2 on the device that is listed in the hardware conf.
When I run
Code:
$ `cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -A4 "TopSeed" | grep event | tail -n1 | sed 's/.*\(event[0-9]\+\).*/\/dev\/input\/\1/'`
I get /dev/input/event7
Then when I run mode2 with that device I get
Code:
$ sudo mode2 -d /dev/input/event7
mode2: could not get hardware features
mode2: this device driver does not support the LIRC ioctl interface
mode2: did you mean to use the devinput driver instead of the default driver?
I have been searching for the past 2 days and can't find anything to do with this. I have found some people saying that LIRC is broken in Ubuntu 11.10.
Any advice on how to get my IR receiver to work with a different remote would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
K