=== Eisbrecher_xnox is now known as xnox === dkeith_ is now known as dkeith [20:28] hello, i need some help with my remote. I have got further with it but still cant figure it out. I now can use the four arrow keys on it and the ok button but none of the other buttons seem to do anything. [20:28] i see the light on the reciever light up when i press any of the other buttons but they dont seem to work in mythbuntu [20:34] i found one article about it that seems to be about my same remote but it is from 2011 and i am not sure i would mess something up if i followed the instructions they have there. I think it is a older version of lirc he is mentioning [20:34] http://www.wentztech.com/radio/Linux/files/myth_remove.html [20:36] i am running mythbuntu 14.04 [21:29] anyone have any ideas [21:58] anybody there? [21:59] I just recently signed in. What is your question? [22:01] i am trying to get my remote to work, the 4 arrow keys and enter work but not the rest. i found a rticle online about someone else having the same issue with what looks might be the same remote but it is from 2011 and i believe is for a older version of mythbuntu and lirc [22:01] i wanted to know if these instruction would work or if i would damage something doing them [22:02] http://www.wentztech.com/radio/Linux/files/myth_remove.html [22:03] maybe i am going down a wrong path altogether. i was getting excited after 3 weeks of fighting with it and googleing i am finally getting some response out of my remote [22:03] * gedakc reading the link... [22:06] I'm using an MCE remote control. To add a key so that Mythbuntu recognizes it you need to know the name of the key (button in lirc terms) and the action you want it to do. [22:07] I posted a page on how I installed Mythbuntu and added new remote control button mappings. [22:07] The page is at http://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=pvr-install-mythbuntu#add-rc-mapping [22:09] i will check it out [22:10] I think there is an lirc tool that you can run and it will display the name of the buttons as you press them on your remote control. I don't recall the name of the utility at the moment. [22:14] I think the command to determine the button codes is irw. [22:14] http://linux.die.net/man/1/irw [22:20] i actually see my remote listed in the usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb with all of the keys predefined. Is there a way to get it to use that file? [22:21] When i do irw i get all the numbers keys respond, the 4 arrow keys and the ok button, none of the other keys do anything [22:21] i do see the light on the reciever blink for all of the buttons no matter if they show up in irw or not so it seems to be recieving it [22:22] i also see the under sys/clas/rc there is nothing under there and i think there is supposed to be [22:22] For any customizations of key codes, I always edit the ~/.lirc/mythtv file. It should already contains some remote codes. [22:24] i'm new to linux where do i find the ~/.lirc/mythtv file? dont know what the ~ means [22:25] The ~ symbol is shorthand for the home directory of your user account. For example if your username is "pvr", the home directory should be "/home/pvr". [22:26] The dot in front of a file name or directory makes it invisibile by default. You can view all invisible entries by using the "-a" option on the "ls" command. For example "ls -al .??*" [22:27] There is a list of supported remote control files at: http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/ [22:28] What is the name/brand of your remote control? [22:30] i have a SIIG vista mce remote and reciever [22:32] An MCE remote control should work out-of-the-box with MythTV. Did you select "Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)" when you chose the Remote setting for Mythbuntu? [22:33] yep, i actually had a guy from this forum get on my mythbuntu box remotely to try and get it to work but at that time couldnt get any button to work [22:34] we went through the config and he said it should work, he just couldnt figure out why sys/class/rc had nothing in it [22:34] If you run irw in a terminal, does it show a key code for buttons such as channel up or channel down? [22:35] no it doesnt [22:36] That is strange, especially since you mentioned numbers and arrow keys on the remote do work. [22:37] i know the whole thing is strange. the guy i had helping suggested reloading and trying a brand new download in case something got corrupted [22:37] i did that and still have the same issue. [22:38] if i am counting correctly i tyhink it is my 11 reinstall. I did not keep anything when i reinstalled i erased everything from before [22:39] If lirc is not displaying the key codes when you press buttons on the remote (when running irw), that suggests that the problem is with lirc. [22:39] is there a newer version out there or something maybe? [22:40] From a quick google search for your remote, it looks like at least two people have got your remote control working. Search for SIIG in the following link: [22:40] https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/blob/master/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/config/lircd.conf.rpi [22:41] I think that the .rpi extension is for Raspberry Pi, but I think the remote file should work on PC's too. [22:43] i see it listed there but how do i get the system to let me use it. [22:45] I think that is the file that should be at /usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb [22:46] If you edit /usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb, can you find the "siig" text string in it? [22:48] yep it is there [22:51] If it's already there, then I'm not sure what to do next. From a quick google search it appears that others have had difficulty setting up the SIIG Vista MCE remote, but there do appear to be some success stories. [22:53] 'Sorry I wasn't of more help. [22:55] Best wishes to you in getting the remote to work. I'm off for the day now. [22:55] no problem, i have bought 3 different remotes so far that were supposed to "Work" with mythtv. One came with my hauppauge card and that wont work because it is not the usb reciever but a wierd cable, the other two is what others in the forums recomended and neither of them work. [22:56] I'm getting close to the end of Mythbuntu. I really like it but without a remote it is worthless. I think i am going to have to go to windows media center [22:57] does anyone know how i can copy files to sys/class/rc folder. it wont let me and mine is empty [23:15] qwebirc37767, remote controls work fine with myth [23:17] what kind of remote are you using ? [23:23] i have a siig vista mce remote. [23:57] matching receiver? [23:58] and does irw pick up any button presses ?