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

[John Welch]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:23 PM, John Welch wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>> On 06/02/2011 12:24 PM, John Welch wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael T. Dean 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.)
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Ooops.  Too many drivers--I copy/pasted the wrong name.  I meant I
>>> actually use the atilibusb driver.  It's much nicer than lirc_atiusb
>>> because it's a userspace driver (and, in the case of atilibusb, doesn't
>>> require /any/ kernel modules for the ATI remote--since it uses libusb to
>>> access the device directly).
>>>
>>> I'm a big fan of the LIRC drivers that don't require special/LIRC-only
>>> kernel modules, and I believe I've saved many times the amount of time
>>> it took me to switch drivers just in not having to deal with special
>>> kernel modules.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> OK, thanks.  Looks like I have another option to look at :)
>
> Note, however, that for reasons I don't yet understand, some of the lirc
> userspace drivers aren't getting built into the F15 lirc userspace
> packages. I thought I'd fixed it in lirc-0.9.0-5.fc15, but apparently not.
> I'll get it sorted out as soon as I can though...
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com
>
>
>
Just circling back to this almost a month after my last post.  I guess
this is a question mostly for Jarod.  Since my last post F15 has had a
"normal" update (from "updates" repo) of the 'lirc' package to
0.9.0-6, and I just did an update enabling the "updates-testing" repo,
which got me to version 0.9.0-7.  Plus there has been a kernel update
(not sure if it would have any affect on this or not).  I still cannot
get my ATI Remote Wonder working using the 'atilibusb' driver.  It
appears that this driver still isn't getting built into the lirc
packages.  Am I missing something or is this still a known issue?  If
it is still an issue, is a fix likely to come soon or should I start
looking at other options?

Thanks,
John