Here are the keycodes that I was able to uncover using
showkey -k
.
Unfortunately, the kernel logs don’t complain when I hit the unknown keys so there’s probably no point in setting up the extra scancodes (particularly since this Belkin MediaPilot keyboard is not the primary keyboard in the system, and the
setkeycodes
documentation suggests that [...]
The Situation
I have a Hauppauge PVR350 card, which includes an IR receiver (connected via a 2.5mm socket on the card), but I also need to control an external cable box via an IR blaster (bought from irblaster.info), and have COM1 free.
Actually, since I have a Belkin MediaPilot keyboard (mostly) working, I won’t need to use [...]
Simple schematic for building serial interface :
http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~mozgic/UIR/http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html
On 9-pin Serial plug :Ground : Pin 5Data : Pin 1 (actually DCD)
Existing Hauppauge interface :http://www.irblaster.info/hauppauge_ir.html
2.5mm ConnectorTSOP 2238 IR ReceiverTip VCCRing SignalShield Ground
VSOP (or Everlight) IRM2238http://www.datasheetarchive.com/preview/1808114.htmlVCC=5V, 38KHz
USB Pinout :http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtmlPin 1 : VCC (+5V)Pin 2 : Data-Pin 3 : Data+Pin 4 : Ground
Even simpler circuit for IR [...]
Upgrade to 2.6.22 seems to break *everything* in the ivtv suite. It all disappeared from the rpms, so we need to install from source.
ivtv
ivtv-fb
ivtv-xdriver
ivtvfbctl (now gone)
In particular, some web posts indicate that support for the PVR-350 has been eliminated somehow. This doesn’t seem to be completely true – but maybe there’s a problem [...]
Aim :
Enable a lightly used Linux machine to additionally host a MythTV video card.
Major Issues :
Upgrade to 2.6.22 breaks *everything* :
ivtv
ivtv-fb
ivtv-xdriver
ivtvfb-ctl (now gone)
Want to have two independent displays (two simultaneous X servers running)
Complex
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Need to use
evdev
to have dual keyboards
Toy with
/etc/gdm/custom.conf
(not necessary, hardly working)
Added a Belkin wireless keyboard (from woot.com)
Set up special keys for MythTV
Control [...]
Situation
Trusting to the power of Linux on my laptop, I blindly ordered an AirH Edge connectivity card from JCR (Air-H (Edge) Data Card for Laptops – No Airtime or Data Charges).
Prior to leaving the US, I downloaded a few things, anticipating that I’d be ‘flying blind’ since I wouldn’t be able to connect until it [...]
NB: Ripped (and modified) from : http://tredosoft.com/comment/reply/37
How to install TrueCrypt 4.3a on Fedora 7
We are going to compile TrueCrypt from source so first grab TrueCrypt’s source code. When it’s downloaded, extract the source code and navigate to the Linux folder :
tar xfz truecrypt-4.3a-source-code.tar.gzcd truecrypt-4.3a-source-codecd Linux
Truecrypt needs to compile a kernel module during the [...]
Upgrading FC6 -> F7 is not painless at all (whereas FC5 -> FC6 was a breeze). The things that needed sorting out were :
Samba shares no longer work – not sure why. Quickest to rebuild /etc/samba/smb.conf rather than sort it out properly.
xorg.conf file fails (causing even greeter login to fail). Probably due [...]
Somehow, configuration files on FC6 no longer work on F7.
Seems best to scrap it all and use the
system-config-samba
tool to build it all again.
This sucks.