[UBUNTU] Easy Remote Install Please
#1
Hey I have a cheap MCE remote from maplins and I want to enable it for my XBMC in Ubuntu. Any help please?7

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...lk_to_XBMC

i tried doing the 4 steps but it asked me to install libirman so i just did the apt-get install lirc

aarun@aarun-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install lirc
[sudo] password for aarun:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
lirc is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
aarun@aarun-desktop:~$
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#2
that lirc is way too old and that said prolly is the OS your using.
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#3
forget LIRC... should be plug and play?

only the basic buttons work for me, up down left right OK volup voldown back chup chdow (like pgup pgdwn on keyboard)

but that's prety much all you need...
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#4
aoaaron Wrote:Hey I have a cheap MCE remote from maplins and I want to enable it for my XBMC in Ubuntu. Any help please?7

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...lk_to_XBMC

i tried doing the 4 steps but it asked me to install libirman so i just did the apt-get install lirc

aarun@aarun-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install lirc
[sudo] password for aarun:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
lirc is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
aarun@aarun-desktop:~$

that WIKI how to is ancient, should not be using that tutorial any more, its OUTDATED.

install lirc do.
Code:
sudo apt-get install lirc
You dont need to compile lirc from source anymore.

Also what Ubuntu OS you using whats the output of?
Code:
uname -a
\\Edit

To configure your MCE with xbmc try
Code:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc
also see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=65683

It may be your remote just needs the right driver loaded unfortunatly you need to sometimes reconfigure lirc. The worst case scenario is your remote is not supported, I cant say, not expert but people have had to add support to their devices.

thers a nice how to here http://www.axemansplace.co.uk/2010/10/17...re-remote/

gobbledigook Wrote:forget LIRC... should be plug and play?

only the basic buttons work for me, up down left right OK volup voldown back chup chdow (like pgup pgdwn on keyboard)

but that's prety much all you need...

You cant forget lirc atm in xbmc because xbmc relies on lirc.

What is plug & play is in xbmc is that MCE remotes and receivers are supported natively in XBMC. But only through Lirc. (Dharma or Newer)

Thers no other plug and play.
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#5
I was using ubuntu 10.04 and I'm really new to linux so I literally just copy + paste.

X3electric, sry i did not understand you exactly. but i plugged in my IR and nothing worked.. nothing... so any help much appreciated.
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#6
refresh Hit F5 read my previous post.
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#7
So i have a question. I bought this remote which should be plug n play with XBMC 10.1 running on ubuntu 10.04.2.

Nothing works at all. not one key press works it lights up on the transceiver but no commands get sent to XBMC. I checked and it works fine when plugging into my windows box so i know its a configuration issue.

I tried removing LIRC and reinstalling LIRC and reconfiguring LIRC (the configuration is Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) and (none) for IR transmitter.

nothing has worked. Is there anything else i can do? or should i try starting from scratch and installing XBMC all over again.
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#8
Quote:the configuration is Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) and (none) for IR transmitter
not everything takes same driver not all hardwrae same revision etc so choose another driver like mceusb or whatever is available in the mce region until it works.

one way if knowing if keyppresses are being sent is to type irw on reminal and pressing any key you should see two registers or three per keypress (cant be ejact after 3 years if its one or two)

and or
dpkg-reconfigure lirc (you may need to run this several times untils theres no errors)
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#9
X3lectric Wrote:not everything takes same driver not all hardwrae same revision etc so choose another driver like mceusb or whatever is available in the mce region until it works.

one way if knowing if keyppresses are being sent is to type irw on reminal and pressing any key you should see two registers or three per keypress (cant be ejact after 3 years if its one or two)

and or
dpkg-reconfigure lirc (you may need to run this several times untils theres no errors)

I haven't gotten any key presses from any of the configurations.

When i do the lsusb it isn't identified as anything it has the location and then the description is blank.
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#10
grew Wrote:I haven't gotten any key presses from any of the configurations.

When i do the lsusb it isn't identified as anything it has the location and then the description is blank.
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follow this post. http://www.axemansplace.co.uk/2010/10/17...re-remote/

It may be a funky one left out either way its "easy" to fix. I presume thats the case and lets not wast time.
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#11
This is what it sees as my IR remote.

I: Bus=0017 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name=”Macintosh mouse button emulation”
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event2
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

Its not even recognizing it as a IR remote.

My Kernel is 2.6.32-29-generic
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#12
grew Wrote:This is what it sees as my IR remote.

I: Bus=0017 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name=”Macintosh mouse button emulation”
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event2
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

Its not even recognizing it as a IR remote.

My Kernel is 2.6.32-29-generic

that is completely alien speak to me, I dont know why t refres to macintosh or how you got this info.. but you have your link and lsusb output, unfortunately this is as much as I can help. I suggest you try that guide or send remote back and get something decent.
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#13
grew
the IR receiver is the other one ID 1934:5168
I just bought of these and got it working by following the steps listed by kaiser423 in this thread http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=91035
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#14
LeeG Wrote:grew
the IR receiver is the other one ID 1934:5168
I just bought of these and got it working by following the steps listed by kaiser423 in this thread http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=91035

Its one of the things I said here

good catch though the how to has been adapted for this remote.
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#15
LeeG Wrote:grew
the IR receiver is the other one ID 1934:5168
I just bought of these and got it working by following the steps listed by kaiser423 in this thread http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=91035
Worked perfectly! Thanks so much everyone for the help. I learned a lot about ubuntu through this process.
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