[ATrpms-devel] lirc

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On 10/8/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 09:03:47AM -0300, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> > Sorry for asking that, but before going to lirc lists I would like to
> > make sure there is nothing different.
>
> Well, FC5 and FC4 builds are more or less identical except the
> environment provided by the different distributions. But I don't think
> that other thna gcc and glibc there is anything else that differs in
> building lirc/mythtv/mplayer etc.
>
> > Since I installed FC5 some time ago I am having problems with lirc with
> some
> > programs.
> > gnomeradio and mplayer are just fine.
> >
> > However, TVtime channel numbers appear in pairs, each time I press a
> channel
> > button (66, 44, 33 ...)
> > Mythtv is even worse, several numbers (464, 666, 26444 ...). The last
> > version 20060930,
> > just turned things worse (there is always a 6 now is mythtv).
> > The interesting point, is that irw prints the codes just fine.
>
> That sounds quite strange.  What was the rpevious version of mythtv
> that was only half as bad?


20060628. With the last one it outputs more numbers.


> Also, when I press the power button in gnome it tries to logout, and I
> have
> > to cancel.
>
> That sounds like a configusration issue on gnome.


I agree. But where? I have another computer with a logout button
just beside the enter button. Every time I press it by accident the same
thing happens. It is very annoying. Kde is imune to that, though.

> Nonetheless, the other buttons work just fine. If I reboot in FC4,
> > tvtime works as it should and I do not have "logout" problems.
> >
> > Any suggestion? Maybe a version issue?
>
> Other than the gnome issue I don't think that FC4 and FC5 differ that
> much, at least not the ATrpms components. For heretism's sake you
> could even try soem FC4 parts (not the kmdls of course) on FC5 and see
> whether that makes any difference.


I tried lirc 0.8.0, and generated the rpms for it  (including kmdl, you
taught me well).  But  nothing changed.

But I'd take the repeating mythtv buttons to mythtv/lirc lists for a
> better diagnosis. Since lirc alone seems to do well it looks like
> mythtv has an issue (but that's just a superficial first look, the
> details may point back to something else once better diagnosed).


Well, as I told you in my other message I think irexec is the problem.
The channel keys of my remote send the button pressed more than one time.
But lirc ignore them. This behaviour is common in certain remotes for make
sure at least one get processed.

This is the output from irw:

0000000061d6906f 00 5 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2
5550000000061d6906f 00 5 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2
550000000061d6906f 00 5 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2
550000000061d6906f 00 5 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2
50000000061d6906f 00 5 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2
5560000000061d6a857 00 6 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2

Note that the button pressed is correct. I pressed 5 five times and 6 one
time.
If I try this with an application running irw only outputs the valid part:

For instance, in the last line I would get:

0000000061d6a857 00 6 PixelView_PlayTV_MPEG2

But the garbage (556) is caught by the application via irexec,
and the result may vary
depending on how it was coded. Why TVtime worked better in FC4 I do not know
(some priority issue?).

I have to mount a serial remote for me and forget the one from my capture
card.
But it is difficult to get the IR transmitter where I Iive, and every time I
travel I just forget to buy it. I will have to order one from the internet
one of these days and hope it works. It is a very inexpensive electronic
component but must be the correct one.

/Paulo Roma.
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