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RobPotts
Joined: 13 Oct 2009
Posts: 4
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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: MCE Remote control |
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Hi,
I have a fuly updated PCLOS KDE4, running Kaffeine 1 pre 1. I would love to get a remote working with it, I used to use IRKick, but Kaffeine add on is not in the pipe line because kaffeine is not KDE4 ready.
Is there an way to make my phillips MCE remote work with Kaffeine. I did see a post saying that the remote buttons could be bassed to keyboard shortcuts, however I did not understand the instructions on doing this, nor do I know how to add additional shortcuts which are not on the shortcut list.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Rob |
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FlyingPC
Joined: 11 Oct 2009
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
My remote works fine with kaffeine 1.0 pre. I use lirc and in my .lircrc file, I use irxevent to send different key signals to kaffeine. So I don't use dcop or dbus. |
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RobPotts
Joined: 13 Oct 2009
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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HI,
I know it has been a while, but I've been busy. Can you please give me step by step instructions how to use irxevents to control my kaffeine. I have lirc installed and irw works. I cannot find a .lircrc file anywhere. When I try to look at the shortcuts I cannot find a way to put code into it.
I did find this link which may be useful but have no idea what to do with it.
http://www.earos.dk/mce.lircrc
I really would love to get this solved.
Cheers
Rob |
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laraaj
Joined: 04 May 2010
Posts: 7
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 12:12 am Post subject: Solution |
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here is a copy of my .lircrc file just copy this code to a file named /tmp/lircrc
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#
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Teletext
config = Key alt-tab RootWindow
end
#
# Suspend
#
begin
prog = irexec
button = Power
config = pm-suspend
end
#
# Change Desktop
# dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.kde.kwin /KWin org.kde.KWin.nextDesktop
begin
prog = irexec
button = Print
config = dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.kde.kwin /KWin org.kde.KWin.nextDesktop
end
#
# Up/Down/Left/Right
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Right
config = Key Right CurrentWindow
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Left
config = Key Left CurrentWindow
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Up
config = Key Up CurrentWindow
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Down
config = Key Down CurrentWindow
end
#
# Enter
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = OK
config = Key Return CurrentWindow
end
#
# TAB
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Enter
config = Key Tab CurrentWindow
end
#
# Alt
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Clear
config = Key alt CurrentWindow
end
#
# Start Kaffeine kde3
#
begin
prog = irexec
button = Home
config = kaffeine&
end
#
##############################################
# #
# Kaffeine #
# #
##############################################
#
# Closing Kaffeine
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Home
config = Key ctrl-q Kaffeine
end
#
# change channels up and donw
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = ChanUp
config = Key Next Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = ChanDown
config = Key Prior Kaffeine
end
#
# change Volume up, donw, Mute.
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = VolDown
config = Key minus Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = VolUp
config = Key shift-equal Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Mute
config = Key m Kaffeine
end
#
# Numbers
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Zero
config = Key 0 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = One
config = Key 1 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Two
config = Key 2 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Three
config = Key 3 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Four
config = Key 4 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Five
config = Key 5 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Six
config = Key 6 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Seven
config = Key 7 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Eight
config = Key 8 Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Nine
config = Key 9 Kaffeine
end
##################################
# DVB Commands #
##################################
#
# Info
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = More
config = Key o Kaffeine
end
#
# Recall
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Back
config = Key ctrl-shift-z Kaffeine
end
#
# Instant record
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Record
config = Key ctrl-r Kaffeine
end
#
# OSD next/previous channel
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Red
config = Key ctrl-shift-w Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Green
config = Key ctrl-shift-q Kaffeine
end
#
# OSD next/previous event
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Yellow
config = Key ctrl-shift-a Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Blue
config = Key ctrl-shift-s Kaffeine
end
#
# Control screen size.
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = LiveTV
config = Key f Kaffeine
# config = Key shift-f Kaffeine
# config = Key shif-d Kaffeine
config = Key period Kaffeine
config = Key period Kaffeine
# config = Key m Kaffeine
end
#
# Control playback.
#
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Play
config = Key space Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Pause
config = Key space Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Stop
config = Key BackSpace Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Forward
config = Key ctrl-right Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Rewind
config = Key ctrl-left Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Replay
config = Key Page_Up Kaffeine
end
begin
prog = irxevent
button = Skip
config = Key Page_Down Kaffeine
end
#
# Control playback.
#
#
begin
prog = irxevent
button = DVD
config = Key alt-e Kaffeine
config = Key alt-i Kaffeine
config = Key alt-y Kaffeine
config = Key alt-a Kaffeine
end
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then run this commands
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cp /tmp/lircrc ~/.lircrc
irxevent -d
irexec -d
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it's for Kaffeine 1 pre3
you may need to create a script that runs irxevent and irexec after your X starts
you can't run them before X because they need to connect to it.[/code] |
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RobPotts
Joined: 13 Oct 2009
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 10:37 am Post subject: |
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HI
This is excellent, and does the trick, the only problem is that I cannot get it to work on startup. I have created a file in my .kde4/autostart called irxevent.desktop, set it as executable with the following code:
[/code]
#!bin/sh
irxevent -d &
irexec -d &
Type= Application
[code/]
However I get the following message:
The desktop entry file /home/robert/.kde4/Autostart/irxeventStart.desktop has no Type=... entry
Any more help would be great.
Thanks again.
Rob |
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RobPotts
Joined: 13 Oct 2009
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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HI,
I have now solved this, I created to links to applications in this folder and they seem to work a treat.
Rob |
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laraaj
Joined: 04 May 2010
Posts: 7
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:44 am Post subject: |
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first you don't need to use the & to run irexec and irxevent in the background because the switch -d already instruct them to run as daemons.
here is what i use to run them before KDE starts.
cop this code to a new file for example /tmp/lirc and save it
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#!/bin/bash
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LIRC starter (called 'lircs' for simplicity)
#
# A simple shell script to make the configuration of LIRC more comfortable.
#
# It may be necessary to change the script if ...
# - you have a non-standard installation or
# - you use more or other client applications (see below) or
# - the init scripts are located elsewhere on your Linux system (see below).
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# author: Michael Kammerer <M.Kammerer@gmx.de>
#
# PLEASE send me your comments, ideas, bug reports, ... via E-Mail.
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# location of the LIRC config file
# change this if your LIRC config file is located elsewhere
CONFIG_FILE=${HOME}/.lircrc
# any editor to edit LIRC config file
FILE_EDITOR=vim
# function declarations
start_clients () {
if [ -s ${CONFIG_FILE} ]; then
echo -n Starting LIRC clients ...
# add more clients HERE or change the ones I put here as a start
irxevent -d
irexec --daemon
echo " done"
else
echo "LIRC config file not found in ${CONFIG_FILE}"
exit 1
fi
}
restart_lircd () {
if [ "${USER}" = "root" ]; then
# change this if your Linux system keeps the init scripts elsewhere
/etc/rc.d/rc.lircd restart
else
echo "`basename ${0}`: you must be 'root' to restart the LIRC daemon (lircd)."
exit 1
fi
}
stop_lircd () {
if [ "${USER}" = "root" ]; then
# change this if your Linux system keeps the init scripts elsewhere
/etc/rc.d/rc.lircd stop
else
echo "`basename ${0}`: you must be 'root' to stop the LIRC daemon (lircd)."
exit 1
fi
}
edit_config_file () {
${FILE_EDITOR} ${CONFIG_FILE}
}
print_info () {
echo "LIRC starter version 0.2, 09/2000 "
echo "Written by Michael Kammerer <M.Kammerer@gmx.de>."
echo "Visit 'www.crosswinds.net/~michaelkammerer/lircs' for updates."
}
print_help () {
echo "LIRC starter usage: lirc [option]"
echo "'option' can be:"
echo "as any user:"
echo "-h | --help print this short help text"
echo "-c | --clients start LIRC clients (necessary if lircd was restarted)"
echo "-e | --edit edit LIRC config file '${CONFIG_FILE}'"
echo "-v | --version print script version and other info"
echo "only as 'root':"
echo "-r | --restart restart LIRC daemon (lircd) "
echo "-s | --stop stop LIRC daemon"
}
# processing of command line arguments
case $1 in
-r)
restart_lircd
;;
--restart)
restart_lircd
;;
-s)
stop_lircd
;;
--stop)
restart_lircd
;;
-c)
start_clients
;;
--clients)
start_clients
;;
-h)
print_help
;;
--help)
print_help
;;
-e)
edit_config_file
;;
--edit)
edit_config_file
;;
-v)
print_info
;;
--version)
print_info
;;
*)
print_help
;;
esac
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then run these commands in the terminal
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cp /tmp/lirc /usr/local/bin/lirc
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lirc
echo "/usr/local/bin/lirc -c" > ~/.kde/env/lirc.sh
chmod +x ~/.kde/env/lirc.sh
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i'm assuming you are using KDE otherwise just create a shell scrip with the command lirc -c and call it before or during your window manager startup.
as for the .lircrc i posted above i forgot to tell you that i used pm-suspend command to suspend the computer. i don't know which distribution you are using so you may have to replace it with another command to suspend your computer with your remote controller.
and to wake it up from suspension with your remote controller you just need to activate wake up on USB there are alot of tutorials online about how you can do that depending on the distribution you are using.
so with that you will be able to turn on and off your computer from your remote controller.
also there are some shortcuts that are not activated by default in Kaffeine so you will have to activate them. |
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