From: John P. H. <jph...@gm...> - 2010-05-25 13:55:04
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Hello, When I try to configure the infraread, only the bottom row of buttons is enabled. In particular, all I can click is "Unlock". It then prompts me for a password, but it doesn't want the root one and there is no indication of which kind of authentication it wants. I'm sure that if I found a way to configure these authorisations, I could guess what to hack, but alas. The infrared is an Asus Xonar stx with accompanying handset. dmesg shows no sign of the infrared receiver being installed. I clearly have a learning curve. Where should I start? j. |
From: Bastien N. <ha...@ha...> - 2010-05-25 15:29:15
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On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 14:30 +0100, John P. Hartmann wrote: > Hello, > > When I try to configure the infraread, only the bottom row of buttons > is enabled. In particular, all I can click is "Unlock". It then > prompts me for a password, but it doesn't want the root one and there > is no indication of which kind of authentication it wants. It wants the root one. > I'm sure > that if I found a way to configure these authorisations, I could guess > what to hack, but alas. There's no configuration. > The infrared is an Asus Xonar stx with accompanying handset. > > dmesg shows no sign of the infrared receiver being installed. > > I clearly have a learning curve. Where should I start? Make sure you test gnome-lirc-properties 0.5.0, which should be living in the updates-testing by now, and report any bugs you see in the GNOME Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org) under gnome-lirc-properties. Also make sure you include the command-line output of running "gnome-lirc-properties" by hand in a terminal. Cheers |
From: John P. H. <jph...@gm...> - 2010-05-25 16:47:16
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On 25 May 2010 16:29, Bastien Nocera <ha...@ha...> wrote: >> When I try to configure the infraread, only the bottom row of buttons >> is enabled. In particular, all I can click is "Unlock". It then >> prompts me for a password, but it doesn't want the root one and there >> is no indication of which kind of authentication it wants. > > It wants the root one. I've been trying that many times, but it responds authorization failure. > Make sure you test gnome-lirc-properties 0.5.0, which should be living > in the updates-testing by now, and report any bugs you see in the GNOME > Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org) under gnome-lirc-properties. Will do. A few packages later I'm stuck in configure with not having polkit-backend-1. This seems to be the bleeding edge, which is not what I had in mind for this particular system. > > Also make sure you include the command-line output of running > "gnome-lirc-properties" by hand in a terminal. I ran that command as root on the 0.4.0 that comes with Fedora. This time I got the unlocked configuration panel. I pressed auto detect and was told of two power buttons and a USB keyboard. Pressing the power button on the remote turned off the system (it hibernated). Investigation shows that the remote controls totem. Another button tabbed around the configuration panel. So it looks like I don't need to configure anything, but I'd sure like to know what is going on. Thanks, j. |
From: Bastien N. <ha...@ha...> - 2010-05-25 17:04:18
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On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:47 +0100, John P. Hartmann wrote: > On 25 May 2010 16:29, Bastien Nocera <ha...@ha...> wrote: > >> When I try to configure the infraread, only the bottom row of buttons > >> is enabled. In particular, all I can click is "Unlock". It then > >> prompts me for a password, but it doesn't want the root one and there > >> is no indication of which kind of authentication it wants. > > > > It wants the root one. > > I've been trying that many times, but it responds authorization failure. > > > Make sure you test gnome-lirc-properties 0.5.0, which should be living > > in the updates-testing by now, and report any bugs you see in the GNOME > > Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org) under gnome-lirc-properties. > > Will do. A few packages later I'm stuck in configure with not having > polkit-backend-1. This seems to be the bleeding edge, which is not > what I had in mind for this particular system. Stuck in configure? Why didn't you install it from the repository? > > Also make sure you include the command-line output of running > > "gnome-lirc-properties" by hand in a terminal. > > I ran that command as root on the 0.4.0 that comes with Fedora. This > time I got the unlocked configuration panel. I pressed auto detect > and was told of two power buttons and a USB keyboard. Pressing the > power button on the remote turned off the system (it hibernated). > Investigation shows that the remote controls totem. Another button > tabbed around the configuration panel. > > So it looks like I don't need to configure anything, but I'd sure like > to know what is going on. It should configure things, which is why I asked you to try 0.5.0, which has many more receivers definitions than 0.4.0 (about 10 times as much actually). |
From: John P. H. <jph...@gm...> - 2010-05-25 23:28:03
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On 25 May 2010 18:01, Bastien Nocera <ha...@ha...> wrote: > Stuck in configure? Why didn't you install it from the repository? Habit, I suppose. > It should configure things, which is why I asked you to try 0.5.0, which > has many more receivers definitions than 0.4.0 (about 10 times as much > actually). I stopped lircd, but the remote continues to work. Looks like someone has bypassed lirc. Cheers, j. |
From: Bastien N. <ha...@ha...> - 2010-05-25 23:47:37
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On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 00:27 +0100, John P. Hartmann wrote: > On 25 May 2010 18:01, Bastien Nocera <ha...@ha...> wrote: > > Stuck in configure? Why didn't you install it from the repository? > > Habit, I suppose. Bad habit, I already did the work once so you didn't have to :) > > It should configure things, which is why I asked you to try 0.5.0, which > > has many more receivers definitions than 0.4.0 (about 10 times as much > > actually). > > I stopped lircd, but the remote continues to work. Looks like someone > has bypassed lirc. Looks like it's not an IR remote, and it probably shows up as an input device (you can check in the output of "dmesg"). What's the output of lsusb for that device, by curiosity? Cheers |
From: John P. H. <jph...@gm...> - 2010-05-26 09:22:02
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On 26 May 2010 00:47, Bastien Nocera <ha...@ha...> wrote: > Looks like it's not an IR remote, and it probably shows up as an input > device (you can check in the output of "dmesg"). The device and receiver sure look like infrared technology. Presumably the IR serial output is mapped to a serial disk (by a chip they announced in 2006), but the only other disk drive in /dev is the CD. usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04fc, idProduct=0c25 usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1 usb 2-1.1: Product: USB to Serial-ATA bridge usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Sunplus Technology Co.,Ltd. usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: FFFFCFFF0C0823456789FF4F4F usb 2-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > What's the output of lsusb for that device, by curiosity? Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04fc:0c25 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd Anyhow, this is clearly not an issue for LIRC. Sorry about the noise and thank you for your patience. Anything I can do in return? j. |