> Slightly off topic, but I guess this is where the experts
> sit.
>
> I've created a menu entry to start firefox, but I cannot
> find a good way to
> control it. I envision that the preferred mode is "lynx
> mode", i.e. you're able
> to move around between the clickable items using LEFT/RIGHT
> UP/DOWN on the
> remote and you don't have a freely moving mouse pointer. I
> expect this mode of
> operation to be faster than juggling a mouse pointer with
> the remote. Anyone
> know if FF can be configured for this?
>
> Secondly, I'm at a loss for configuring the .lircrc file
> for this. I've tried
> to do mouse emulation using lircmd (and ff gets the events
> ok), but they get
> fed to freevo too, which makes navigating the menu system
> impossible (double
> events etc).
>
> If any you can share success stories on this, I'd be
> grateful.
>
> -Anders
>
I had a setup for lircmd that worked, although it was an awful hack.
Essentially, the firefox icon in freevo was a bash script that:
a) stopped lirc
b) swapped out the lirc configuration file to one that had different names, so
freevo didn't interpret them,
c) started lircmd, setup to use these files
d) started firefox
e) when firefox finishes, put everything back as it was.
This is a nasty hack though, as you have to add lirc stuff to sudoers to get
permissions. Also, you have to start lircmd running even with the freevo
configuration as it has to be started in the correct order with X on boot. (so
that lircmd is created correctly).
There should be a better way allowing you to put lirc into different modes but
I didn't get this working.
I can send the scripts later if they are useful, although they are system
specific and require other hackery. I recently swapped this setup for "boxee"
which has most of the same internet music/video sources in a much more
user-friendly package than firefox with a remote.
Dan
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