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

[Ross and Jemima Knudsen]

Hey guys,

Good news, I figured it out (mostly).  I used this link:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6440182&postcount=7

With a slight variation on its theme.  Seems that the main issue was
the kernel interpreting the remote as a keyboard (or other input
device).  I've had a similar problem with another build.

Now all the buttons work and there seems to be good mapping in the
lircrc files but the volume in MythTV seems to be disconnected from
the master volume.  So when I alter the volume while watching a
recording there is no change in the actual volume and the main mixer
doesn't move.  I'm sure this is an easy fix so can anyone point out to
me how to solve this that would be great.

Man its good having the remote working!!!

On 08/02/2009, banksie at paradise.net.nz <banksie at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Quoting Ross and Jemima <ross.jemima at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thanks for that.&nbsp; I tried changing it to
>> "/dev/input/by-path/pci-11-1--event-ir" but it didn't make any
>> difference.&nbsp; Still doesn't work. Can you post your whole
>> hardware.conf?
>
>    Sure. Here is my lirc hardware.conf :-
>
> # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> #
> #Chosen Remote Control
> REMOTE="Hauppauge Nova-T 500"
> REMOTE_MODULES=""
> REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput"
> REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/by-path/pci-3-1--event-ir"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge_novat500"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
> #Chosen IR Transmitter
> TRANSMITTER="None"
> TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
> TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
> TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
> #Enable lircd
> START_LIRCD="true"
>
> #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
> #START_LIRCMD="false"
>
> #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
> LOAD_MODULES="true"
>
> # Default configuration files for your hardware if any
> LIRCMD_CONF=""
>
> #Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
> #If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
> #that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
> #frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
> #It will then populate all other variables without any user input
> #If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
> #to leave this set to "false"
> FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
> START_LIRCMD=""
>
>
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