[mythtv-users] Can anyone help with setting up a GP-IR02BK remote?

[Marc Randolph]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:26 PM,  <gustietodd at thefoolery.com> wrote:
> I recently bought a GP-IR02BK remote to use with my new mythbuntu install.
>  Somewhere I'd gotten the idea that it wouldn't be too difficult to set it
> up, but I'm not having much luck with it.
>
> My understanding is that recent versions of Ubuntu (which would include my
> mythbuntu install) come with Lirc already included.  However, I've not had
> any luck getting it to run.  When I try to run lircd it tells me that it
> can't find the directory path it needs.
>
> I'm not really sure how to check to see if Ubuntu has recognized the IR
> transmitter I've plugged in (via usb), because I'm a relative newbie at
> all of this.  I've also read that there's an IR devices configuration in
> MythTV, but I can't seem to find that anywhere.
>
> Can anyone point me in the direction of some install instructions, or even
> some ideas of what to do next?  Again, I'm a linux newbie, so if you can
> go easy on me, that would be great.  That said, I've managed to get MythTV
> up and running, so I can figure a lot of stuff out.  I'd really like to
> get this remote working, and I've seen that it CAN be made to work with
> mythbuntu, but I can't figure out how.

Howdy Todd,