[mythtv-users] Hulu releases Hulu Desktop for Linux

[Jarod Wilson]

On Oct 10, 2009, at 6:30 PM, John Finlay wrote:

> Greg Mischel Smith wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com <mailto:jarpublic at gmail.com 
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>    Also I thought I would mention to others who may be running
>>    Ubuntu/Mythbuntu, I did have to go into /etc/init.d/lirc and  
>> append
>>    "--release" onto the startup args for lircd. I did it by adding  
>> the
>>    following in the build_remote_args section:
>>
>>     REMOTE_ARGS="--release $REMOTE_ARGS"
>>
>>
>> Looking through my lirc file, I find three instances of REMOTE  
>> ARGS. I just added the --release in front of the third one, but  
>> whenever I use the button on my remote (say down), it keeps  
>> repeating that key from within the program. So in this case, it  
>> would bring sound all the way down. But I can't use any other  
>> remote button until I press a key or two on the keyboard. I then  
>> have the ability to use another button on my remote (which it will  
>> continue to run until I press a key or two on the keyboard). Any  
>> idea?
>>            REMOTE_ARGS="--device=$REMOTE_DEVICE $REMOTE_ARGS"
>>            REMOTE_ARGS="--driver=$REMOTE_DRIVER $REMOTE_ARGS"
>>            REMOTE_ARGS="--release $REMOTE_ARGS --output=/dev/lircd  
>> --listen"
>> -Greg Smith
>> Kansas CIty
> The README for huludesktop mentions the following:
>
> *** Hulu Desktop for Linux requires that lircd (>= 0.8.2) be run  
> with the -r
> (--release) switch.
>       If you are using Fedora, you can add the line
>       LIRCD_OPTIONS="-r"
>       under the start() section of /etc/init.d/lirc

...which is all kinds of wrong. You shouldn't be editing the  
initscript. You should be editing /etc/sysconfig/lirc, where you'll  
find (drumroll) LIRCD_OPTIONS="", which gets picked up by the  
initscript via the part of the script that sources that file.


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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com