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  1. Bug #204960
  2. Comment #32

Comment 32 for bug 204960

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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote : Re: [Bug 204960] Re: [Hardy] Lirc devinput (linux-input-layer) broken

Per Heldal wrote:
> The fix in 0.8.4a-0ubuntu1 is not complete. Exceptions are made for HAL
> to ignore a list of known receivers, but there are surely more to come.
> A permanent fix can only be made upstream by making HAL able to identify
> dev/input IR-receivers in general, or integrate lircd to take events
> from dev/input via HAL/DBUS.
>
 AFAIK, there is work going on for porting all LIRC drivers over to an input
driven interface that is customizable. This will alleviate the necessity
(likely) for lircd. Right now this is a good workaround though. As people see
more devices, adding them to this list will help at least.

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Mario Limonciello
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