prutsger
October 7th, 2008, 08:29 PM
I can't get my MCE remote to be used as a mouse.
I already found some help in these topics:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=932047&highlight=mce+remote
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=425660
So the problems described there are not my problems.
The problem is that everything seems to function ok, but when I push a button on my remote, nothing happens.
/etc/lirc/hardware.conf:
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Remotes (new version Philips et al.)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb2"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"
#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
START_LIRCMD="false"
#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="true"
# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""
#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""
/etc/X11/xorg.conf:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
#MCE-Remote
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "LIRC-Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/lirc0"
Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
InputDevice "LIRC-Mouse"
screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
ps -ef | grep lirc:
root 4513 1 0 21:12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
root 4516 1 0 21:12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircmd
root 7967 7758 0 21:29 pts/0 00:00:00 grep lirc
When I test my remote with irw then my commands show up correct. Also in XBMC the remote works perfectly. Because my server where it is attached to is not in the same room where my tv is. So I can't see what I'm doing with the mouse. The remote receiver reaches into the living room so I want to use the remote as a mouse control...
I already found some help in these topics:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=932047&highlight=mce+remote
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=425660
So the problems described there are not my problems.
The problem is that everything seems to function ok, but when I push a button on my remote, nothing happens.
/etc/lirc/hardware.conf:
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Remotes (new version Philips et al.)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb2"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"
#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
START_LIRCMD="false"
#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="true"
# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""
#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""
/etc/X11/xorg.conf:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
#MCE-Remote
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "LIRC-Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/lirc0"
Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
InputDevice "LIRC-Mouse"
screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
ps -ef | grep lirc:
root 4513 1 0 21:12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
root 4516 1 0 21:12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircmd
root 7967 7758 0 21:29 pts/0 00:00:00 grep lirc
When I test my remote with irw then my commands show up correct. Also in XBMC the remote works perfectly. Because my server where it is attached to is not in the same room where my tv is. So I can't see what I'm doing with the mouse. The remote receiver reaches into the living room so I want to use the remote as a mouse control...