Re: DVICO remote no longer works but kernel module and lirc

[Steve B. <gm...@sj...>]

Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy@...> writes:

> 
> David Venz wrote:
> > One simple test you can do is to point the IR LED of the remote at a 
> > digital camera or video camera lens, and look in the camera viewfinder 
> > to see if it flashes.  It should appear as a fairly bright light.
> 
> It does.  But I figured out the real problem... It seems I got a new 
> kernel with my last Ubuntu upgrade (2.6.20).  Although the previous 
> default kernel (2.6.17) had worked fine, it seems it no longer does. 
> However the usbhid module is loaded (dmesg reports the correct message), 
> and supposedly no other kernel options are required for it to work.  Is 
> anyone else using the DVICO remote with 2.6.20 successfully?
> 


Jeremy, had the identical problem here - was working fine until 2 weeks ago, and
with the new kernel (2.6.20-16 for me) it stopped working. All the signs look
good (dmesg, daemon.log, etc), but no dice. I've found an ugly workaround though
- if I unplug and replug the USB dongle it starts working again about 60% of the
time...... VERY weird. I've left it go for now (hoping it is fixed next Kernel,
truth be told), but if it continues I'm going to be looking to software fixes.
Thinking a USB restart might fix the problem.

Good luck!