Re: Newbie: USB IR dongle problem

Paul Coghlan wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for getting back, it is very kind of you to
> offer to help.
>
> I would email you the .config file, but I must confess
> that I have switched to Ed's Debian distro, and the IR
> dongle drivers appear to be working fine! 

:-)

Good, I'm glad you got things working.

> One bit of feedback for the IR drivers - it would be
> nice if the default mapping used keys from the
> standard 101 key keyboard.  I had trouble getting
> applications to respond to the more esoteric keys like
> 'HELP'.  I know that you have created a tool to
> re-generate the mapping file, but it is a little bit
> tricky to use as in Ed's distro you have to create a
> new initrd to pick up the new mappings.  What do you
> think?

mm. Not really sure what you mean. During development it was pretty 
clear from the beginning that user X's preferred button/key mapping 
would be radically different from user Y's, mainly because of the 
completely different types of applications (media player based) that it 
will control. ala. the the pause key on mpg123 being different to 
mplayer or xine.

My assumptions were that users could create a custom scripts containing 
their preferences, loading them up on demand etc.

You can always create a small script to unpack ED's initrd, add to it 
then re-bundle it up.

Maybe a few of the other users have some experience in this?

Steve




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