[mythtv-users] Anyone using a remote as a mouse with Mythbuntu 8.04?

[Andrew Berry]

On 24-Jul-08, at 1:34 PM, Allen Edwards wrote:

> I would like to be able to use my remote as a mouse for firefox
> sessions.  Has anyone actually done this?  Does it work well?  With
> Mythbuntu 8.04?  If so, which set of instructions works?

I had the mouse set up with lircmd with my ATI Remote Wonder: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI_Remote_Wonder

The mouse worked decently, but whenever lircmd was running, the up /  
down buttons (not the same as the mouse pad) would double-press. I  
never ended up fixing it.

I did have the mouse working with evdev as well through regular X, and  
it worked much better. Mouse was much smoother to move with no jumps.  
But, I couldn't bind the other buttons, so I went back to lirc. Could  
probably make it work with something like this: http://evuraan.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-use-ati-remote-wonder-ii-remote.html

If you have a remote which only works with lirc, then you'll have to  
use lircmd.

--Andrew
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