[mythtv-users] Ubuntu 10.10 upgrade and remote control problems

[Jarod Wilson]

On Oct 19, 2010, at 11:20 AM, <bob_ml at stuffofmine.com> wrote:

> I upgraded my MythTV boxes to Ubuntu 10.10 and it caused problems with my
> Streamzap remotes. It's possible that other remotes may have similar
> issues.
> 
> The problem is that pressing the direction buttons are doubled - pressing
> Down once causes moves two entries down in the menu. Other people have also
> reported problems with this in the Ubuntu forums.
> 
> I don't totally understand everything that happening yet, but it looks
> like there are some new drivers to handle IR remotes in the new kernel and
> both the old lirc code and the new driver are both reporting the same
> button press.
> 
> A work around for now is to comment out the direction buttons in the lirc
> mapping file, but a better fix is needed.


Look for "for protocol in rc5 nec rc6 jvc sony" in /etc/init.d/lirc (aka http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-dev/lirc/ubuntu/annotate/head:/debian/lirc.init.d) and add 'rc5-sz' to that proto list, and the double-presses will go away. You're decoding IR both in-kernel and in userspace w/lircd.

Please file a bug here:

http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc

Assign it to Mario Limonciello, and he'll take care of updating the initscript accordingly.

For reference, see also:

http://wilsonet.com/?page_id=95

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com