[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: ATI Remote Wonder with Fedora 15

John Welch jrw3319 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 2 16:24:36 UTC 2011


On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/2011 09:21 AM, John Welch wrote:
>> I'll check with Axel to see if the 'lirc_atiusb' module is something
>> that he has provided in the past and may be able to package for F15.
>> Failing that, I'll work on the 'ati_remote' method.
>
> FWIW, I like/use lirc_atiusb driver because it allows me to use the
> "mouse" device as regular remote buttons instead of as a (useless to
> MythTV) mouse.  If you don't care to change the mouse to regular remote
> buttons, using ati_remote with lirc's devinput driver to provide a
> custom mapping of buttons is likely the easiest approach.  (I'm pretty
> sure--though not positive--that the ati_remote/devinput approach cannot
> be used to treat remote mouse events as button events.)
>
> Mike
> _______________________________________________

Thanks Mike.  I'd like to continue to use the lirc_atiusb driver
simply because I have everything setup and working the way I want it.
I don't think I necessarily *need* the mouse buttons, but it is nice
to have the option to use them as remote buttons.

John


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