[mythtv-users] Silly question: unplugging kybd and mouse

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:47:25 -0500
"Saul A. Peebsen" <jaglover at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 00:15:19 +0100
> Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 5 August 2011 23:41, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Nick Morrott
> > > <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Be careful if you have other input devices (e.g. a remote
> > >> control) that are configured by their /dev/input/event address,
> > >> rather than something more stable like /dev/input/by-id
> > >> or /dev/input/by-path. Event IDs will change on boot if devices
> > >> like keyboards and mouse are removed, and your remote will
> > >> likely stop working if addressed by /dev/input/event.
> > >
> > > How can I check that? Pretty sure the remote's on lircd, but I'm
> > > still pretty new to dealing with *nix and hardware.
> > 
> > Typically you would check your /etc/lircd.conf file and see what the
> > DEVICE variable is set to.
> 
> According to this you could set your IR device by name.
> 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235107

Here is a little more on this.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/LIRC#Make_the_LIRC_device_static

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Cheers, Saul