FS#12351 - Build lirc with iMON pad2keys patch

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Fredrik (vEX) - Friday, 05 December 2008, 19:32 GMT
Last edited by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 17:38 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Hugo Doria (hdoria)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The iMON PAD controller has a "PAD" which is used to simulate the mouse. The vanilla lirc does not support mapping the "PAD" as normal buttons. There is a patch [1] available that makes the "PAD" generate normal events. It's more useful for me in XBMC than emulating the mouse and I suppose that holds true for other HTPC software as well.

And personally I think it makes more sense to have what looks like a round d-pad behave like a d-pad rather then a mouse.

I've provided updated files for both lirc (patched driver) and lirc-utils (new config file), as well as added a note in the installation message about it. The PKGBUILDs are also using the latest version (0.8.4a) so the notice is also showed when upgrading from 0.8.3-3.


[1] http://brakemeier.de/electronics/vdr/lirc-imon.html
(application/octet-stream)    lirc.tar.gz (4.2 KiB)
(application/octet-stream)    lirc-utils.tar.gz (4.6 KiB)
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Closed by  Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 17:38 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  Send patch upstream, Arch tries not to patch too much.
Comment by Glenn Matthys (RedShift) - Friday, 05 December 2008, 20:48 GMT
lirc currently doesn't have a maintainer, lirc-utils does.
Comment by Gavin Bisesi (Daenyth) - Sunday, 07 December 2008, 01:11 GMT
Personally I think that Arch should ship the vanilla package, and the patch should be submitted upstream for inclusion in the next release. If it's not included, make a package in the AUR with the patch.
Comment by Glenn Matthys (RedShift) - Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 12:01 GMT
I agree with Daenyth.

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