Public bug reported: I have a MCE USB IR remote that doesn't work with 12.04 out of the box.
What I did * disable lirc and confirm devinput events are received correctly with evtest or ir-keytable -t * reenable lirc and configure to operatve via devinput and select the appropriate device * start irw and press some buttons on remote What I expected to happen * irw displays keypresses What actually happened * Nothing was displayed by irw * after rebuilding lirc package with --debug argument passed to configure, the following lines were printed to syslog: Jul 26 18:23:11 bedroom lircd-0.9.0[1848]: you are using an obsolete devinput config file: Success Jul 26 18:23:11 bedroom lircd-0.9.0[1848]: get the new version at http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput: Success I updated that file and irw started sending messages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: lirc 0.9.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic-pae 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jul 26 19:32:39 2012 InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) SourcePackage: lirc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.lirc: 2012-07-26T16:54:14.284059 mtime.conffile..etc.lirc.hardware.conf: 2012-07-26T18:16:36.044197 mtime.conffile..etc.lirc.lircd.conf: 2012-07-26T18:11:25.628188 ** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029604 Title: mce remote doesn't work due to out of date lircd.conf.devinput To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1029604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
