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I've installed Ubuntu (minimal) and XBMC (compiled from SVN) and my MCE remote is working great out of the box, but I thought LIRC was required?
I checked and it's not installed on my system so I guess it's not required...?
Also, how can I get the power button to turn off (suspend) my XBMC machine?
Can I also make a button (via irw/lirc I guess?) to force XBMC to be killed in case it freezes?
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your mce remote is emulating a keyboard. only rudimentary functions work. for proper support, lirc is needed. that includes getting the power button to work.
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Oh, I see. Thanks a bunch for the information.
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I've installed LIRC but my remote is still sending keyboard commands... (even in the console!)
Is there something else I need to do?
I've tried running 'irw' and it doesn't even display anything because it seems like the remote is acting 100% like a keyboard...
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2010-03-24, 11:25
(This post was last modified: 2010-03-24, 12:00 by Vladimir.)
What remote, Philips or...? That is in etc/lirc/devices?
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I don't have an /etc/lirc/devices file...
However, I'm wondering if my remote control receiver is actually translating the commands into keyboard commands.
The remote control is really generic (it was only $10) but is supposedly to be compatible with XBMC/MCE. I'm not at home so I can't look but I don't believe the remote has any brand name on it... (it's definitely not an official MCE remote because I also have one of those)