[mythtvnz] Has anyone successfully got an ATI Wonder Remote II to work under myth(buntu) ??

[Douglas Pearless]

Typical.

Note long after sending this I found the following: 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1220383

It helped a lot.

I didn't follow the lircrc guide, instead I used 
mythbuntu-lirc-generator to generate my lircrc files to stay consistent 
with mythbuntu.

It now works a treat!!

Cheers
Douglas.

On 4/02/2010 5:53 p.m., douglas wrote:
> I am having quite a job getting the aforementioned remote to work!
>
> I have tried selecting it from the myth control centre, and generating
> the lircrc but it simply does not work for me.
>
> I then tried downloading the source from lirc.org, configuring it just
> for my device, compiling and installing it (yes, after removing lirc !).
>
> I can get mode2 to return various numbers when I press various keys
> (noting I have to specify the -d /dev/lirc0 with mode2 to get it to work
> as there is no /dev/lirc)
>
> Again I can get irrecord to try and create a custom config file, but it
> seems to lock up after defining the first key.
>
> I then uninstalled the lirg.org version, went back to the mythbuntu
> control centre and put back the ati wonder remote II, no luck.
>
> I have searched the web and it appears to be a common problem, I have
> even blacklisted the ati_remote2 kernel module to try and get only LIRC
> working, no luck.  I have tried the instructions from the mythtv wiki,
> but again no success.
>
> from lsusb I get:
>
> Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0471:0602 Philips ATI Remote Wonder II Input Device
> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2040:9950 Hauppauge
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>
>
> In the generated /etc/lirc/hardware.conf I note the REMOTE line was
> rubbish, it appears that the '&' is replaced with the string itself so I
> replaced it with what I thought it should be, and I explicitly changed
> the remote_lircd_conf entry to ensure it was picking up the correct conf
> that contained my remote (5000022400):
>
>
> #REMOTE="ATI/NVidia/X10 I REMOTE="ATI/NVidia/X10 I REMOTE="" II RF
> Remote" II RF Remote"
> REMOTE="ATI/NVidia/X10 I&  II RF Remote"
> REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_atiusb"
> REMOTE_DRIVER=""
> REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
> REMOTE_SOCKET=""
> #REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="atiusb/lircd.conf.atiusb"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="/usr/share/lirc/remotes/atiusb/lircd.conf.atilibusb"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
> TRANSMITTER="None"
> TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
> TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
> TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
> TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
> START_LIRCD="true"
> START_LIRCMD=""
> LOAD_MODULES=""
> LIRCMD_CONF=""
> FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
>
> The .lircrc file includes the various ones for mytthv and is generate
> from the mythbuntu_control_centre and apepars to be OK.
>
> About now I am getting a bit frustrated, any ideas welcome!
>
> Cheers
> Douglas.
>
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