On 28/07/05, Martin Bene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually I'm not using lirc. The cx88-dvb driver just sticks > > remote-control keypresses into the regular keyboard buffer, using the > > /dev/input/event2 device. However your reply got me thinking and > > researching, and it looks like I can run lirc on the back of the > > event2 device. Not sure if it will allow me to control the repeat > > rate, but it may. I'll give it a try tonight. > > > > Is anyone else using lirc like this? > > Slightly different hardware, but yes. > > I'm using gentoo with a Hauppauge Nova-S with remote controll, keys end > up in /dev/input > > First, I've got a somewhat tricky /etc/conf.d/lirc that figures out > which /dev/input file is associated with the remote control: > > # Options to pass to the lircd process > if=`cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -A 2 "DVB on-card IR receiver" | > grep Handlers | cut -d" " -f 3` > LIRCD_OPTS="-d /dev/input/$if"
Looks exactly like what I need. > This is only needed if you keep adding/removing USB mice or keyboards > like I do :-) > > Next, the /etc/lircd.conf file: > <SNIP> > Hope this helps, > > Martin It helps enormously, many thanks. David _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
