[mythtv-users] Phantom IR key presses?

Ben Lancaster lists at benlancaster.co.uk
Mon Jun 5 18:28:21 UTC 2006


On 5 Jun 2006, at 09:33, Lee McLaren wrote:

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Ben Lancaster writes:
>> I have a working LIRC 0.8.0 CVS install using the Linux Input  
>> Layer  as the device, but there's something weird happening with  
>> Myth. I'm  getting quite regular phantom keypresses. For example,  
>> in the guide,  if I press down a few times, then up once, it'll  
>> repeat the previous  down command. irw reports the correct keys  
>> being pressed, so the  problem lies somewhere between the command  
>> hitting mythtv from LIRC,  and it performing it.
>
> I am guessing that u have digital tv card and the remote is being  
> received by it and mapped as key presses

Correct!

> I found that if you stopped lircd while watching TV the number keys  
> would still appear on the screen like you are direct inputing the  
> channel, if that's the case post back and I will go into depth on  
> what I had to do to fix.

consider this a post back! Thanks very much for offering to help :D

Ben



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