Lirc is conflicted by some default ir-controlling module so that it only sends keyboard input
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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lirc (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: lirc
I've tried to find a solution for this problem for some time. Apparently Natty loads some default modules for handling IR-input and sends them as keyboard input instead of the lirc event I want. This makes my remote useless in XBMC (media center program) since I cannot use it for anything else than navigation (the actual lirc installation isn't on this computer, it's on my htpc without a browser or desktop). A proposed solution is in this bug report (https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: lirc (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 2 16:23:48 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lirc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Hej Niklas ;)
This ios an old bug. Have you still iuterest to advance it? In that case, we need more info on the collisions such as the dmesg output