Something old, something new..

trummel · 2009-07-03, 07:41 PM

mvallevand Wrote:I happened upon on one of these used and so I bought it, it really is a nice unit. I see what you mean about some of the keys not working. My guess is the MCE IR eye also has a keyboard driver. I'll play with it for a bit to see what I come up with.

I bought four of them when I was first playing with MS-MCE. Then was still able to use them when I saw sense and moved away from MCE to Mythtv. It would be realy cool to be able to use them again. If I can be of any help, don't hesitate to give me any drudge work to do, cus I know how much you take on!

jksmurf · 2009-07-05, 08:10 AM

Martin, I can't see the lirc file in the original post anymore?
Is there a new d/l location?

k.

mvallevand · 2009-07-05, 11:21 AM

jksmurf Wrote:Martin, I can't see the lirc file in the original post anymore?
Is there a new d/l location?

k.

No that looks to have bern PEBKAC It has been re-added.

Martin

Ted the Penguin · 2009-07-06, 03:17 PM

mvallevand Wrote:Start with post one of this thread.

Martin

ahh... DOH, I fail at reading threads Smile

martint123 · 2009-07-06, 04:46 PM

I've noticed my USB keyboard doesn't work after running lirc (well to be more accurate, the startup scripts containing lirc). I don't think I'm running the very latest version, but can't update it for a day or two. Just wondered if anyone else had noticed before I rip things apart and test step by step.....

mvallevand · 2009-07-07, 03:41 AM

martint123 Wrote:I've noticed my USB keyboard doesn't work after running lirc (well to be more accurate, the startup scripts containing lirc). I don't think I'm running the very latest version, but can't update it for a day or two. Just wondered if anyone else had noticed before I rip things apart and test step by step.....

I know Brainstormer mentioned this to me too, maybe he resolved this after I changed the order of the load in the example in post #1. I just checked and I can see keyboard entry when I run mvpmcx2. Compress and upload /var/log/lircd from your PCH and I can have a look for errors

Here is hitting abc in the GBPVR logs

Code:
2009-07-06 23:38:58.049       VERBOSE [6]     User pressed@2: 97      

...

2009-07-06 23:38:59.119       VERBOSE [6]     User pressed@2: 98      

...

2009-07-06 23:39:00.977       VERBOSE [6]     User pressed@2: 99

Martin

martint123 · 2009-07-07, 09:57 AM

I rearranged the startup as in the earlier post to move the killall gaya up to near the top.
Rebooted PCH with no keyboard.
Plugged in keyboard and navigated to the startup html/script and started it up.
The GBPVR menu appears but the keyboard will not navigate and no keypresses appear in the pvrx2-exe log. (keypresses from the remotes appear fine).
Exit to native PCH menu with the remote power key and the keyboard doesn't navigate the PCH menu.

The PCH does recognise the USB keyboard being removed and replaced again but still not keypresses.

Code:
BusyBox v1.5.0 (2008-07-10 18:07:27 MYT) Built-in shell (ash)

Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/ # cat /var/log/lircd

Dec 31 17:00:41 uclibc lircd 0.6.6: /dev/input/event0 USB KB init failed

Dec 31 17:00:41 uclibc lircd 0.6.6: lircd ready

Dec 31 17:00:54 uclibc lircd 0.6.6: accepted new client on /dev/lircd

Dec 31 17:01:09 uclibc lircd 0.6.6: /dev/input/event0 open success

Dec 31 17:01:09 uclibc lircd 0.6.6: usb keyboard added

Dec 31 17:01:21 uclibc lircd 0.6.6: caught signal

Dec 31 17:01:21 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: /dev/input/event0 open success

Dec 31 17:01:21 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: lircd ready

Dec 31 17:01:22 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: accepted new client on /dev/lircd

Jan  1 00:11:02 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: removed client

Jan  1 00:11:08 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: accepted new client on /dev/lircd

Jan  1 00:11:27 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: usb keyboard removed

Jan  1 00:11:37 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: /dev/input/event0 open success

Jan  1 00:11:37 PCH-A100 lircd 0.6.6: usb keyboard added

/ #

mvallevand · 2009-07-07, 11:21 AM

I noticed yesterday that I had some problems just getting the standard PCH to recognize my keyboard after power up. When the problem occurred I checked the running functions with ps and noticed some udev input and other hot plug related functions stalled. I was able to kill processes and get it to work. I am therefore not sure the problem is only with my modified lircd and I am not going to be looking into this further.

Martin

martint123 · 2009-07-07, 11:46 AM

I don't use the keyboard much but I haven't noticed it not working when first plugged in and certainly I can only generate a failure by running the startup scripts when lircd is included.

Quote:I am therefore not sure the problem is only with my modified lircd and I am not going to be looking into this further..

fair enough.

baj1 · 2009-07-18, 09:04 PM

mvallevand Wrote:No that looks to have bern PEBKAC It has been re-added.

Martin

PEBKAC - haven't heard that in a long time. It's a good one, will have to work that back into my vocabulary.

Two requests, if they are doable. Can the Exit button on the Hauppauge remote be setup to stop video playback (like the MVP)? Also, can the Page Up/Down buttons be changed to jump a whole page in lists (like the Video Library and TV Guide)? Since we still have 3 MVPs in the house neither my wife nor I can seem to stop trying to use these keys on the PCH.

Thanks,
-Brad