Thanks for the info billytwowilly. I just got a remote wonder. Did a clean install of Knoppmyth R4 on a new PC. I got the files and read the instructions from the 2 links you talked about, but I still can't get any remote functions to work Here's what I did:

Got these 2 files:

ati_remote-2.1.1.tgz
ati_remote.diff

(In /home/mythtv/)
$ tar zxvf ati_remote-2.1.1.tgz
$ cp ati_remove.diff ./ati_remote
$ cd ati_remote

mythtv@mythtv-bedroom:~/ati_remote $ patch -p 0 < ati_remote.diff
can't find file to patch at input line 1
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
File to patch:

I entered:

File to patch: /home/mythtv/ati_remote/ati_remote.c
I: No such file or directory
Skip this patch? [y]

mythtv@mythtv-bedroom:~/ati_remote $ make
gcc -m486 -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DLINUX -I/usr/src/linux/include -c ati_remote.c
`-m486' is deprecated. Use `-march=i486' or `-mcpu=i486' instead.

(Guess that worked.)

mythtv@mythtv-bedroom:~/ati_remote $ make test
sync
insmod ./ati_remote.o
./ati_remote.o: unresolved symbol input_register_device
./ati_remote.o: unresolved symbol input_unregister_device
./ati_remote.o: unresolved symbol input_event
make: *** [test] Error 1
mythtv@mythtv-bedroom:~/ati_remote $

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

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mythtv@mythtv-bedroom:~/ati_remote $ patch -p 0 < ati_remote.diff
can't find file to patch at input line 1
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
File to patch:

That tells you that it can't find the file to patch. The question is then "Is ati_remote.c in the directory with the patch file?" because I would tend to think no... the other possibility is that the patch no longer works with a newer release of the ati_remote code.. I don't think that is the case though..

Oh yah,
That unresolved symbol stuff is usually ok. It doesn't seem to affect the workings of the program.

hmm... after doing the steps I wrote about in the post, I restarted gdm, but still have no remote functionality.

The README says

But this site you referenced says:



The only other thing I can figure is doing the insmod command:

mythtv@mythtv-bedroom:~/ati_remote $ insmod ati_remote channel_mask=16
Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-xfs/misc/ati_remote.o
/lib/modules/2.4.21-xfs/misc/ati_remote.o: unresolved symbol input_register_device
/lib/modules/2.4.21-xfs/misc/ati_remote.o: unresolved symbol input_unregister_device
/lib/modules/2.4.21-xfs/misc/ati_remote.o: unresolved symbol input_event

Is there something else I need to do to get this to work?

Thanks!

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you have to modprobe the module after you make install it.. and if it isn't patched then you won't have very much functionality anyway because the keys are bound to fairly useless keys in the default configuration... you should also set the module up to be loaded at boot..

Thanks for the quick reply

Is this correct (you're dealing with a LINUX newbie here)

root@mythtv-bedroom:/home/mythtv# modprobe ati_remote
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/extra/modules.dep
modprobe: Can't locate module ati_remote

Also, how does one get a module to load up at boot?

Thanks man!

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If you get this in the next ten minutes just go on #knoppmyth.. this is kind of tedious;) If you go there and I'm not around just post another message here and I will be alerted and respond to this question on here.

I'm there dude... once we get this working. I'll write a howto based on what we do so others can use the info also.

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Hey, regarding the patch:

root@mythtv-bedroom:/home/mythtv/ati_remote# patch -p 0 < ati_remote.diff
can't find file to patch at input line 1
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
File to patch: /home/mythtv/ati_remote/ati_remote.c
patching file /home/mythtv/ati_remote/ati_remote.c
root@mythtv-bedroom:/home/mythtv/ati_remote#

seems like it worked

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OK! It's working!

h0leman and billytwowilly get the credit for this. I (with help) will make a script to do what it takes to get this to work for others. And, I'll post it in the howto area when it's finished!

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What is the correct syntax for this? Can you paste your /etc/modules.conf in this thread?

Thanks again for the help!

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note that if you put it directly in modules.conf it is VERY likely to dissapear. you should put it in a file in /etc/modutils/

then run update-modules

I just put those words into /etc/modules in the order that I pasted them into the channel.
ie, I added this to the end of /etc/modules:
input
mousedev
keybdev
hid
ati_remote

It has worked without issue since I installed R4 shortly after its release. I think xsecrets suggestion is a much cleaner way to do things however.

Sounds great man.. I'll tryiit later today. Thanks for the info!

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I saw a ton of great work in this thread, is there a HOW-TO for newbie's on how to get this working.... I'd LOVE TO USE IT....

Please advise and thanks....