[mythtv-users] Streamzap Remote/Receiver w/MythTV on Fedora 14

[John Welch]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:25 PM, John Welch <jrw3319 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:37 PM, John Welch wrote:
>>
>>> I've been using a Streamzap Remote/USB Receiver for a while now with
>>> one of my MythTV front-ends.  Since upgrading to Fedora 14 (64-bit)
>>> and MythTV 0.24 I've been having problems with the directional keys
>>> (Up, Down, Left, Right) on the remote.  When I press one of the keys,
>>> say the Down key for example, instead of moving to the next selection
>>> in the list it jumps several selections (3 or 4).  In doing some
>>> troubleshooting I think there might be another program/module that
>>> could be interfering with lirc.  However, it has been so long since I
>>> set this thing up and it has generally "just worked" that I'm not even
>>> sure what to look for.  I'm betting this is almost certainly a result
>>> of the upgrade to Fedora 14 as opposed to moving to MythTV 0.24, but
>>> I'm hoping that this a popular enough configuration amongst MythTV
>>> users that someone on the list will be able to help.
>>
>> echo lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols
>>
>> That'll disable in-kernel decode and leave only lirc (userspace) decode
>> active. You're getting lirc events and input layer events simultaneously.
>>
>> --
>> Jarod Wilson
>> jarod at wilsonet.com
>>
>
> That did it.  Thanks Jarod!
>
> John
>

OK, so apparently this change doesn't stick after a reboot.  What's
the best way to handle this; put the 'echo' command in rc.local, or is
there a better way?  Since this isn't a once and done change I'm now a
bit more curious about what's going on here.  Is this change specific
to Fedora 14?  Is it a lirc change, a kernel change, both?  I have no
problem using the 'echo' command, but seems like this could be a bit
of an issue for some.

Thanks again,
John