[mythtv-users] OT: two new remotes

[barry johnson]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
> > On 12-01-13 04:22 PM, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
> >> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:35:30 -0500
> >> Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>> ..and for anyone looking for a more conventional remote control
> >>> that is dead simple to setup in Mythtv (no LIRC!), I recommend
> >>> this particular $13 (delivered!) unit to my friends:
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.ebay.ca/itm/180727780787?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
> >>>
> >>> Contrary to the advertising, it is NOT a Win-MCE remote control,
> >>> but that's a "plus" in my books!  :)
> >>>
> >>> There is a "driver" for it in stock kernels, though it's pretty poor.
> >>>
> >>> So I've written my own input (keyboard) driver for it,
> >>> and source code is available on request.  Installation is very
> >>> very simple:  "make install", no reboot required.
> >>> The driver is preconfigured with mythtv mappings for most keys.
> >>
> >> Most appreciated! I was in dire need of a remote that has more than 20
> >> buttons (my current one). Just ordered one.
> >
> > This remote control continues to work well for us here
> > on five separate mythtv installations now.
> >
> > I've updated the driver to now publish a /proc/sapphire entry
> > with information about the last button pressed and how long it
> > has been (seconds) since that event.  This info is useful for
> > helping to decide whether or not to suspend an inactive front-end.
> >
> > We've also now verified that this remote control's "Power" button
> > does indeed work as a "wake from suspend" button,
> > provided one first enables it in /proc/acpi/wakeup.
> >
> > Latest driver at: http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/
>
> Hi Mark, I get the following when trying to make install on ubuntu 10.04
> (LTS)
>
> nick at dell:~/Downloads/sapphire-1.2$ sudo make install
> [sudo] password for nick:
> make kmod
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2'
> make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` modules
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-33-generic'
>  CC [M]  /home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2/sapphire.o
> /home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2/sapphire.c: In function ‘sapphire_probe’:
> /home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2/sapphire.c:317: error: implicit
> declaration of function ‘hid_err’
> make[3]: *** [/home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2/sapphire.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [_module_/home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-33-generic'
> make[1]: *** [kmod] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nick/Downloads/sapphire-1.2'
> make: *** [sapphire.ko] Error 2
>
>
> Any ideas why? Do I need to install the kernel source or are the headers
> enough?
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I have this remote but you dont need any driver.  LIRC can handle this fine
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