[kdar]

I bought Rosewill RRC-127 universal remote recently and have problem to install it.

Can anyone help me?

I tried to install lirc, from Synaptic and also from CVS. I am also not sure what to pick in lirc setup after installation.

Do I need to do something extra to make it work under XBMC?
I use Ubuntu 10.4

[kdar]

anyone?

Even after I installed LIRC, typing IRW in terminal doesn't do anything. Does it mean I install LIRC wrong?

[Hannes The Hun]

buyer comment from newegg:

"Getting it to work with Ubuntu was a bit hard since it does not work with the current LIRC. Building LIRC from CVS and then re-installing (apt-get install lirc) made everything work perfectly for me."

you seem to already have tried this; in the LIRC setup (if it does not start automatically, do a dpkg-reconfigure) I assume you have to chose windows MCE

[kdar]

I followed that review as well.

I installed version from CVS, doing this in terminal:

Code:

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/lirc login
cvs -z8 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/lirc co lirc
cd lirc
./autogen.sh
./setup.sh
sudo make
sudo make install    
sudo apt-get install lirc

During set-up, I selected USB devises > Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes(all)
Is it right that I choose this?

One thing that I don't understand is that when I try to type sudo mode2 or irw in terminal it doesn't work.
When I type sudo mode2, I get this:

Code:

xx@xxx:~$ sudo mode2
mode2: could not get file information for /dev/lirc
mode2: default_init(): No such file or directory
xx@xxx:~$

and when I type irw, I get nothing, it just sit there, waiting without end, without doing anything.

also.. if I type this dmesg | grep -i lirc, I get this...

Code:

[   14.107806] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
[   14.117733] lirc_mceusb: Windows Media Center Edition USB IR Transceiver driver for LIRC 1.90
[   14.117742] lirc_mceusb: Daniel Melander <[email protected]>, Martin Blatter <[email protected]>, Dan Conti <[email protected]>
[   14.117812] usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_mceusb

Does it mean anything?

[kdar]

Do I need to type irw by itself? or do I have to use "sudo irw"?

since when I type irw by itself, I get this:
connect: Permission denied

[kdar]

I was looking at this page:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Remote_Control_Reviews
And there was Mediagate GP-IR02BK, which seems almost identical to my remote. Probably just different branding.

Did anyone install this remote in Linux before? What did you do to make it work?

[Hound]

Ever get this to work?

[MacUsers]

I was looking at this page:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Remote_Control_Reviews
And there was Mediagate GP-IR02BK, which seems almost identical to my remote. Probably just different branding.

Did anyone install this remote in Linux before? What did you do to make it work?

Yes, I think I have used that remote (does it come with separate IR receiver??) very briefly before I moved to Harmony Advanced One and as far as I can remember it worked just fine as MCE, type II (or something like that) remote, on Ubuntu v9 with defalt installation of LIRC.

I'm miles away to a meeting at the moment (and won't be back home before Thursday night), so probably won't be very helpful I'm afraid. Cheers!!

[MacUsers]

I think, mine one was called HFX 600 Vista and this one worked in the end. Cheers!!

[jbass350z]

Anyone get this to work? I am needing help also

[javaman]

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I mainly wanted an all-in-one stop shop fo my hardware config (Shuttle XS35GS, Rosewill remote RRC-127, an SSD drive)

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Upgrade BIOS to 1.09
Shuttle BIOS site: http://global.shuttle.com/download03.jsp...=1423&PL=1
filename: XS35_SHB.109.zip

Build USB BIOS
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

run unetbootin. setup freedos 1.0 on usb
copy directory with flash to usb
boot shuttle with usb stick into freedos live (dont install)
goto c: drive (type c
run flash program to completion (will reboot after done)

go into setup (hit del key at bootup)
enable AHCI for SATA, turn on wlan

Dowload
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/live/xb...ma_rc2.iso
and use unetbootin with this as the diskimage

boot this usb on shuttle and select install option

hit continue on the no networks found screen (need to configure manually)

select "Guided - use entire disk"

after done and poweroff, remove usb and boot shuttle.

hit ctrl-alt-F1 to get linux login and login with this.

sudo su

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Wireless network:
ifconfig -a
(should see eth0,lo,wlan0)
iwconfig
(should see wlan0)
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 essid myssid
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
(should see your wireless ap(s))
dhclient wlan0
ifconfig
(should see you pulled an ip from your router)

nano /etc/network/interfaces

add:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid myssid

and then save
/etc/init.d/networking restart
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Wired network:
ifconfig -a
(should see eth0,lo,wlan0)
dhclient eth0
ifconfig
(should see you pulled an ip from your router)

nano /etc/network/interfaces

add:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

and then save
/etc/init.d/networking restart
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Remote Control (I have Rosewill rrc-127 from newegg):
(looking at the back, USB0 is the rightmost USB port below the network jack, plug receiver in there)
(when remote is pressed, red light on receiver 'sticks' on)
lsusb
(should see line with "Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1784:0011 TopSeed Technology Corp.")
sudo apt-get install lirc-modules-source
(should see it get source from the internet)
nano /usr/src/lirc-0.8.6/drivers/lirc_mceusb/lirc_mceusb.c

find (about 6 pages down):
/* Topseed eHome Infrared Tranceiver */
{ USB_DEVICE(VENDOR_TOPSEED, 0x000a) },
add this below it (or where you like within this struct, or even change one of the other TOPSEED to 0x0011 if you are lazy like me):
{ USB_DEVICE(VENDOR_TOPSEED, 0x0011) },
to /usr/src/lirc-0.8.6/drivers/lirc_mceusb/lirc_mceusb.c

and then save
(this is a good process to understand for all kinds of pcibus/usb hardware -- especially when you get a cheap deal on some hardware that is a rebranded something else)

dkms -m lirc -v 0.8.6 remove --all
dkms -m lirc -v 0.8.6 add
dkms -m lirc -v 0.8.6 build
dkms -m lirc -v 0.8.6 install
rmmod lirc_mceusb
rmmod lirc_dev
modprobe lirc_mceusb
modprobe lirc_dev
/etc/init.d/lirc restart
irw
(press remote, red light should not stay lit, and should see remote commands)

nano /etc/rc.local
Add this line (before 'exit 0'):
echo USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup

and then save

(alt-f7 back into XBMC)
System->System->Power saving->Shutdown function->(Change from Shutdown to Suspend)
(reboot for this one)
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SSD:
nano /etc/rc.local
Add these lines (before 'exit 0'):
echo noop > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

and then save

(alt-f7 back into XBMC)
System->System->Power saving->Shutdown function->(Change from Shutdown to Suspend)
(reboot for this one)

hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep TRIM
(should see line indicating TRIM supported)

nano /etc/fstab
Modify line:
UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
to:
UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx / ext4 noatime,discard,errors=remount-ro 0 1

save and exit

mount -oremount /
mount | grep uuid
(should see discard and noatime in options)
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Much thanks to all the contributors to these pages

http://breden.org.uk/2011/01/15/shuttle-...ve-dharma/
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Enable_Wake-On-Device
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/...Networking
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Enable_Wake-On-Device
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Instal...%20remotes
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