[mythtvnz] Getting remote to work on Ubuntu 8.10 - Hauppauge Nova-T-500

[Ross and Jemima Knudsen]

Found these entries in the syslog file:

Feb  6 10:17:01 mythserver /USR/SBIN/CRON[9593]: (root) CMD (   cd /
&& run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Feb  6 10:30:17 mythserver -- MARK --
Feb  6 10:39:01 mythserver /USR/SBIN/CRON[9878]: (root) CMD (  [ -x
/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ] && [ -d /var/lib/php5 ] && find
/var/lib/php5/ -type f -cmin +$(/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime) -print0 |
xargs -n 200 -r -0 rm)
Feb  6 10:50:17 mythserver -- MARK --
Feb  6 11:04:31 mythserver lircd-0.8.3[6358]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd

On 06/02/2009, Ross and Jemima Knudsen <ross.jemima at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I tried saving the files on the MythKiwi site to the places listed in
> the headers of each.  Rebooted the system and same situation.  Looking
> in MCC the remote seems to be configured according to the MK site as
> it comes up with custom, uses the correct config file etc.
>
> I looked at running processes and lircd wasn't there.  So I "sudo
> /etc/init.d/lirc restart" and got a fail for stopping the process and
> OK for starting it.  Should I be looking in a log file to see what's
> causing this problem?
>
> On 06/02/2009, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> Have you seen http://mythkiwi.com/index.php/remository?func=select&id=4
>> Kind regards
>> David
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ross and Jemima Knudsen" <ross.jemima at gmail.com>
>> To: <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:36 AM
>> Subject: [mythtvnz] Getting remote to work on Ubuntu 8.10 - Hauppauge
>> Nova-T-500
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a mythTv box running on Ubuntu 8.10 with a dual tuner Hauppauge
>> Nova-T-500 card.  Out of the box the remote doesn't work.  I've used
>> the MCC to configure it and the direction buttons, number buttons and
>> volume buttons work.  Does anyone else have a similar setup and can
>> recommend the easiest and most future-proof solution?  In the past
>> with other setups I've followed the howto on Gary Parkers website but
>> it seems like it is out-dated now.
>>
>> Thanks heaps.
>>
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