On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 20:21 +0100, Duncan Webb wrote: > Bastian Farkas wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:39 +0100, Bastian Farkas wrote: > >> hi, > >> i have some strange lirc problem after upgrading my ubuntu install to > >> the latest version, while keeping freevo at 1.8.0. at the terminal > >> everything lirc related works. lircd is running, irw works and ircat > >> shows the correct events when i test my freevo-lircrc with it. but as > >> soon as i start freevo it won't recognize any keypresses from my remote. > >> and while freevo is running ircat doesn't work either. lirc is using the > >> linux-input interface with /dev/input/event6. the weird thing is, the > >> number keys are still recognized as if i would press them on a normal > >> keyboard. has anyone else ever had a similar problem? i have enabled > >> debug messages but there seems to be nothing wrong, PyLirc loads just > >> fine aswell. > >> > >> thanks in advance > >> Bastian Farkas > > > > even after updating freevo to latest svn (Freevo 1.8.3-svn r11193) the > > problem persists. i thought it could be related to pylirc, but when i > > tried the sample code from the developer's website it worked and > > recognized my keypresses with the freevo lircrc correctly. so i suppose > > the error is in rc.py or i have forgotten something very basic. could > > someone explain what exactly happens when loading rc.py? i get the > > following output wenn starting freevo and pressing a key on my remote (8 > > is mapped as DOWN in lircrc, non numerical keys aren't even recognized). > > i'm a bit confused by the HELPER stuff and the two self.inputs lines. > > By default Freevo takes it's lircrc from /etc/freevo. (can be moved to > another location). > > When you test with ircat you need to add --config=/etc/freevo/lircrc. > > Like this: > ircat --config=/etc/freevo/lircrc freevo that command works just fine, when freevo is not running. and if i start it on another tty if freevo is running, it gets the correct events and passes them to freevo, but only as long as i'm on that tty. if i switch back to freevo, i can the results of my keypresses. i am running freevo inside Xorg without a windowmanager.
freevo also detects the keypressing correctly if i switch to tty1 (where it gets started via autologin and .xinitrc). perhaps it's a problem with Xorg blocking out the event6 device or lirc entirely? Bastian Farkas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
