On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:38:48 +0000, Jon Woffenden wrote:

> Hello everyone.  I searched far and wide trying to find a way to use my 
> Apple IR Remote under Linux to control my music.  I found mention here 
> and there about a kernel patch, but I couldn't find the patch and I 
> didn't hear anything about versions of it for newer kernels.
> 
> I finally just gave it a crack myself and wrote up a ruby script that 
> controls Amarok with the remote, but I was wondering if there was a 
> better way to do this - something more generic so it would work on 
> things other than Amarok.  Also, I have to start it up manually when I 

Have a look at the patch in svn:

mactel-linux-trunk/kernel/mactel-patches-2.6.18/ir.patch

and the various howtos that tell how to combine this with lirc/mplayer or
even just do the key-remapping in X

Soeren

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