[mythtv-users] Hulu releases Hulu Desktop for Linux
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
Sun Oct 11 21:25:06 UTC 2009
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.
--
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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