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Can't get my remote control working

Asked by Dinges van Daaromtrent

Hello,

I have a Pinnacle PCTV 72e DVB-T receiver with built-in IR remote control receiver. It comes with a small remote control. Note that the hardware is correctly recognised and I can watch TV without a hitch, as long as I use my regular keyboard/mouse to control it.

link to an image of the version I have:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTg1WDE2MDA=/z/~ZsAAMXQVT9TAcxY/$_35.JPG

Under previous builds of Ubuntu I had this working -more or less-. Volume and channel control worked, pause/play and the like didn't.

Now, in Xubuntu 14.04 64 bit, it is recognised (dmesg tells me it is), but I can't for the life of me seem to get the button presses to be read.

Here is the relevant dmesg output:

[ 2.433765] Registered IR keymap rc-dib0700-rc5
[ 2.433843] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4/rc/rc0/input14
[ 2.434386] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4/rc/rc0

So my question is: where or how do I get my system to actually respond to the remote?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run:

xev

And press buttons on the remote, does xev react?

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Dinges van Daaromtrent (jnva666) said : 		#2

Thanks for the speedy response.

I tried it first thing in the morning, and lo and behold:

xev does respond.

sample output:

KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
     root 0x8f, subw 0x0, time 56092, (-274,347), root:(477,782),
     state 0x10, keycode 12 (keysym 0x33, 3), same_screen YES,
     XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (33) "3"
     XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (33) "3"
     XFilterEvent returns: False

And apparently, it also mapped the keys correctly, although it did fail
to recognise the PCTV receiver on a reboot. I had to unplug/replug it in
its USB port to activate it -but that's something not connected to this
IR question, and a common issue with this model.

As I did not change any settings I do still wonder what caused the IR to
not work at first and flawlessly a day later, but testing a working
system will obviously not answer that question.

I think we can mark this as "answered/solved" and I thank you very much
for your co-operation.

Dinges

On 24-04-14 21:17, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #247575 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/247575
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> If you run:
>
> xev
>
> And press buttons on the remote, does xev react?
>

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#3

Please mark the question solved. It saves time for those of us trying to help and it makes it easier for others to find the solution if they have a similar problem.

Select the answer that solved it for you: in this case Actionparsnip's and select "this solved my question" or whatever the wording is.

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Dinges van Daaromtrent (jnva666) said : 		#4

If you run:

xev

And press buttons on the remote, does xev react?