[mythtv-users] MCE USB IR receiver; remote not working in MythWelcome

[Kilian]

Hi everyone!

I bought the Philips SRM5100 IR remote and USB receiver which works nearly
perfectly out-of-the-box with Mythbuntu 8.10. It seems to be the same MCE
compatible remote as listed on

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote#Media_Center_Remotes
(the picture on the very right)

Here is the link to the official Philips product website:
http://tinyurl.com/philips-srm5100

There is just one problem: When I boot up the computer, the USB receiver is
in an OFF state. It only gets activated by pressing the "Power" button on
the remote. Only then, the the receiver's green status LED lights up and the
device is shown with "lsusb". But the remote is not working in Mythwelcome.
It does work with irw and also in MythTV (after I used the keyboard to start
it from MythWelcome). If I exit MythTV back to MythWelcome, the remote is
still not working there. If I then kill MythWelcome and start it from the
command line, the remote is working.
When I activate the USB receiver during system boot, it works in MythWelcome
and everywhere else right from the beginning.

Summary:
It seems as if the USB receiver has to be active before MythWelcome is
started. As I use ACPI wakeup, and the USB receiver does not activate itself
during system start, this is often not the case.
What can I do? Is there a way that MythWelcome recognizes the USB receiver
subsequently?

Best regards,
Kilian
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