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lirc package

mce remote doesn't work due to out of date lircd.conf.devinput

Bug #1029604 reported by frankster
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Bug Description

I have a MCE USB IR remote that doesn't work with 12.04 out of the box.

What I did
* disable lirc and confirm devinput events are received correctly with evtest or ir-keytable -t
* reenable lirc and configure to operatve via devinput and select the appropriate device
* start irw and press some buttons on remote

What I expected to happen
* irw displays keypresses

What actually happened
* Nothing was displayed by irw
* after rebuilding lirc package with --debug argument passed to configure, the following lines were printed to syslog:
 Jul 26 18:23:11 bedroom lircd-0.9.0[1848]: you are using an obsolete devinput config file: Success
 Jul 26 18:23:11 bedroom lircd-0.9.0[1848]: get the new version at http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput: Success

I updated that file and irw started sending messages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lirc 0.9.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic-pae 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 26 19:32:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
SourcePackage: lirc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.lirc: 2012-07-26T16:54:14.284059
mtime.conffile..etc.lirc.hardware.conf: 2012-07-26T18:16:36.044197
mtime.conffile..etc.lirc.lircd.conf: 2012-07-26T18:11:25.628188

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frankster (wtfrank) wrote :
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Brian Evans (i41bktobiu5qjvi-launchpad-net) wrote :

I had very similar issues but my problem was /lib/udev/rc_keymaps/ was not proper for my remote. I was using an Antec Veris case that depends on the imon driver.

With lirc configured to use the devinput I could get some buttons but not all of them via 'irw'. My solution was to take the older /usr/share/lirc/remotes/imon/lircd.conf.imon-pad and merge in into the new /lib/udev/rc_keymaps/imon_pad to have all of the codes I use to have prior to a 12.04 dist upgrade. Once this was done and I rebooted I could get all my keys. (more notes on my fix here: http://torawk.blogspot.ca/2012/08/devinput-antec-veris-imon-remote-used.html )

I came across this bug while trying to fix it and it sounds like similar symptoms -- so perhaps this is an alternative fix? and easier to do than recompiling.

I've attached my new /lib/udev/rc_keymaps/imon_pad is case it helps.

-Brian

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lirc - 0.9.4c-1

---------------
lirc (0.9.4c-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
  * New tool irtext2udp.
  * Resolves build errors on kernels > 4.8.0A.
  * Most of patches upstreamed.

 -- Alec Leamas <email address hidden> Sat, 22 Oct 2016 14:52:05 +0200

Changed in lirc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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