David Batson

If this is an upgrade install, maybe there is a problem with permissions.

 

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Errata#Default_user_UID_is_now_10001_and_not_500

You should check /etc/fstab and have an entry such as the following:

# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=1EA4E764A4E73D41 /media/win_c ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0

 

Notice that Windows is now located in /media. You may need to create a directory in /media. Make sure ntfs-3g is installed. The UUID number will be different for you. Run blkid from root to find the appropriate UUID for your Windows drive. Edit /etc/fstab as appropriate and reboot.

[root@localhost david]# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="6AAC73BDAC7381FD" LABEL="System Reserved" TYPE="ntf
/dev/sda2: UUID="7074F5D974F5A250" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="1EA4E764A4E73D41" LABEL="IBM_PRELOAD" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="IBM_SERVICE" UUID="460C-3761" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="e3297b9b-978b-497a-908d-757e3180fec9" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb6: LABEL="swap" UUID="660bb819-4642-4832-9efd-024ca14b6287" 
/dev/sdb7: LABEL="" UUID="488F-0C33" TYPE="vfat"

This is a little beyond my ken, but what if you use the script to initiate the shutdown? Just put the shutdown command at the end of the script. Offhand I don't know what the shutdown command is, but you could probably find it.

See if anything in this thread will help: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/269264

unebootin is reported not to work.

 

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=119421

 

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=119445

Anne of Mandriva says that the Website will be updated once the Powerpack Edition is released. Had a couple of bugs to sort out apparently. Powerpack is supposed to be released sometime today. In other words: "We will sell no wine before it's time." ;)

I was able to mount a Windows 7 RC1 partition by adding the following to fstab. There may be other ways to do this, but at least this works.

 

# Entry for /dev/sdb2: 
UUID="BE10805710801893" /mnt/windows_7 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0

 

I used the fdisk -l (that is a lower-case letter L) command to get the partition information needed.

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7752 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd                     

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4086    30890128+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            7098        7752     4951800   1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/sda3            4087        7097    22763160    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA) 
/dev/sda5            4087        5453    10334488+  83  Linux           
/dev/sda6            5454        5731     2101648+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            5732        7097    10326928+   b  W95 FAT32           

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdfbd9c43

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2              13       12762   102400000    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3   *       12762       12787      204800   83  Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb4           12787       19457    53577720    5  Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb5           12787       19457    53576704   8e  Linux LVM
[root@localhost ~]#

 

Once I determined that /dev/sbd2 was the partition I wanted to mount, I then used blkid command to get the UUID#.

[root@localhost ~]# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="1EA4E764A4E73D41" LABEL="IBM_PRELOAD" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="IBM_SERVICE" UUID="460C-3761" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda5: UUID="6fac9d46-945f-11dd-b256-a7f53cf1e588" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: TYPE="swap" LABEL="swap" UUID="660bb819-4642-4832-9efd-024ca14b6287"
/dev/sda7: UUID="488F-0C33" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="6AAC73BDAC7381FD" LABEL="System Reserved" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="BE10805710801893" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb3: UUID="fe7a3d5e-a100-437e-8014-ea945d7cdba0" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
[root@localhost ~]#

 

I used the mkdir /mnt/windows_7 command (choose whatever name you like for a folder under /mnt/) to create the mount point.

[root@localhost ~]# mkdir /mnt/windows_7
[root@localhost ~]#

 

Now add the lines to /etc/fstab. I appended the ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0 part of the line from information I got elsewhere.

# Entry for /dev/sdb2: 
UUID="BE10805710801893" /mnt/windows_7 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0

 

If you have a fat partition, then this line would be a little different. Instead of ntfs-3g, you would use vfat. I have the following line for a fat32 partition that exists on my drive.

# Entry for /dev/sda7 :
UUID=488F-0C33 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0

 

You may need to install ntfs-3g. You will need to reboot for changes to take effect.

Mandriva 2010 final is slated to be released in just a couple of days. The mirrors might have been changed or removed for 2010 beta. Even if they have not, automatic mirror selection seems to be causing some users problems (myself included). I have manually selected my mirror for 2009.1 for the time being.

 

If I were you, I would wait for the new release slated for Nov. 3rd, then try again.

I have the Cyberlink Remote Control working in Fedora 12.

 

I have the following lirc related rpm's installed.

totem-lirc-2.28.4-1.fc12.i686
python-lirc-0.0.5-10.i686
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.21-1.fc12.i686
xmms-lirc-1.4-14.i686
lirc-remotes-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686
lirc-libs-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686
lirc-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686
lirc-doc-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686
rhythmbox-lirc-0.12.6-2.fc12.i686

 

I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules with the following content.

KERNEL=="lirc[0-9]*",	NAME="lirc/%n"

 

I added the following content to the file /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

begin remote
 name  CYBERLINK
 bits          32
 eps           30
 aeps          100
 one           0     0
 zero          0     0
 gap           135995
 toggle_bit_mask 0x0
     begin codes
         KEY_EXIT                  0x80010066
         KEY_DVD                   0x8001018E
         KEY_FULLSCREEN            0x80010191
         KEY_RECORD                0x800100A7
         KEY_SHUFFLE               0x80010188
         KEY_MEDIA_REPEAT          0x8001016B
         KEY_EJECTCD               0x80010173
         KEY_BACK                  0x8001009E
         KEY_FULLSCREEN            0x80010082
         KEY_MENU                  0x8001008B
         KEY_VOLUMEUP              0x80010073
         KEY_VOLUMEDOWN            0x80010072
         KEY_MUTE                  0x80010071
         KEY_ZOOMIN                0x80010192
         KEY_ZOOMOUT               0x80010193
         KEY_PLAY                  0x800100CF
         KEY_REWIND                0x800100A8
         KEY_PAUSE                 0x80010077
         KEY_FASTFORWARD           0x800100D0
         KEY_PREVIOUS              0x800100A5
         KEY_STOP                  0x800100A6
         KEY_NEXT                  0x800100A3
     end codes
end remote

 

Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/lirc (it is different than the Mandriva version).

# Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working    -*- sh -*-
# configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled).

# Options to lircd(8).  Typically, this will be empty, as which driver to use
# should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below.
LIRCD_OPTIONS=""

# The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by lircd(8),
# similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8).
# Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers.
LIRC_DRIVER="devinput"

# Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8).
# This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd.
# An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc0 device.
LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/input/event8"

# If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"

# Options to lircmd(8).
LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""

 

For the files /etc/lircrc and /home/~/.lircrc I have the following content for Totem Movie Player, Rhythmbox Music Player, and VLC Media Player.

See /usr/lib/totem/plugins/lirc/totem_lirc_default for lirc settings to use with Totem Movie Player.

See /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/rblirc/rhythmbox_lirc_default for lirc settings to use with Rhythmbox Music Player.

Run vlc --help in terminal as regular user to see "Hot keys" that can be used with lirc.

# edit the "button =" part for each entry according to your remote, and stick
# this stuff in ~/.lircrc

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_PLAY
repeat = 1
config = play
end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_PAUSE
repeat = 0
config = pause
end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_STOP
repeat = 0
config = stop
end

# For seek_forward and seek_backward you can
# append ":20" to seek 20 seconds in the
# aforementioned direction
#
# Eg. seek_forward:60 -> seek forward 60 seconds
# seek_backward:5 -> seek backwards 5 seconds
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_FASTFORWARD
repeat = 1
config = seek_forward
end

#FIXME (duplicate function)
#begin
# 	prog = Totem
# 	remote = CYBERLINK
# 	button = KEY_FORWARD
# 	repeat = 1
# 	config = seek_forward
#end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_REWIND
repeat = 1
config = seek_backward
end

# Info/EPG Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_FULLSCREEN
repeat = 1
config = fullscreen
end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
repeat = 1
config = volume_up
end


begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
repeat = 1
config = volume_down
end


begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_NEXT
repeat = 1
config = next
end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_PREVIOUS
repeat = 1
config = previous
end

# Top Left *HOME* Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_EXIT
repeat = 1
config = quit
end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = UP
#	repeat = 1
#	config = up
#end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = DOWN
#	repeat = 1
#	config = down
#end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = LEFT
#	repeat = 1
#	config = left
#end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = RIGHT
#	repeat = 1
#	config = right
#end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = KEY_SELECT
#	repeat = 1
#	config = select
#end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = KEY_OK
#	repeat = 1
#	config = select
#end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_MENU
repeat = 1
config = menu
end

#FIXME (non-existent key on remote)
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
#	repeat = 1
#	config = play_pause
#end

#FIXME
#begin
#	prog = Totem
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = KEY_SELECT
#	repeat = 1
#	config = select
#end

# Angle Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_EJECTCD
repeat = 1
config = eject
end

# DVD/VCD Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_DVD
repeat = 1
config = play_dvd
end

begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_MUTE
repeat = 1
config = mute
end

# SAP Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_SHUFFLE
repeat = 1
config = setting_shuffle
end

# Last CH Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_MEDIA_REPEAT
repeat = 1
config = setting_repeat
end

# Channel Up Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_ZOOMIN
repeat = 1
config = zoom_up
end

# Channel Down Key
begin
prog = Totem
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_ZOOMOUT
repeat = 1
config = zoom_down
end

# edit the "button =" part for each entry according to your remote, and stick
# this stuff in ~/.lircrc

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_PLAY
repeat = 1
config = play
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_PAUSE
repeat = 0
config = pause
end

#FIXME (non-existent key on remote)
#begin
#	prog = Rhythmbox
#	remote = CYBERLINK
#	button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
#	repeat = 1
#	config = playpause
#end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_STOP
repeat = 1
config = stop
end

# SAP Key
begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_SHUFFLE
repeat = 1
config = shuffle
end

# Last CH Key
begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_MEDIA_REPEAT
repeat = 1
config = repeat
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_NEXT
repeat = 1
config = next
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_PREVIOUS
repeat = 1
config = previous
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_FASTFORWARD
repeat = 1
config = seek_forward
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_REWIND
repeat = 1
config = seek_backward
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
repeat = 1
config = volume_up
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
repeat = 1
config = volume_down
end

begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_MUTE
repeat = 1
config = mute
end

# Top Left HOME Key
begin
prog = Rhythmbox
remote = CYBERLINK
button = KEY_EXIT
repeat = 1
config = quit
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_EXIT
   config = key-quit
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_MUTE
   config = key-vol-mute
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_PREVIOUS
   config = key-jump-medium
end

begin 
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_NEXT
   config = key-jump+medium
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_PAUSE
   config = key-play-pause
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_REWIND
   config = key-slower
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_FASTFORWARD
   config = key-faster
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_PLAY
   config = key-play
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
   config = key-vol-down
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_STOP
   config = key-stop
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
   config = key-vol-up
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = KEY_FULLSCREEN
   config = key-toggle-fullscreen
end

 

To restart lirc in Fedora 12 use the following command in terminal as root (which is different than the one for Mandriva).

/etc/init.d/lirc restart

 

When Totem Movie Player is running, the following buttons work.

Play

Pause

Stop

Seek Forward

Seek Backward

Fullscreen (Info EPG key)

Volume Up

Volume Down

Mute

Next

Previous

Quit (Home key)

Menu (DVD Menu key)

Shuffle (SAP key)

Repeat (Last CH key)

Zoom In (Channel Up key)

Zoom Out (Channel Down key)

 

When Rhythmbox Music Player is running, the following buttons work.

Quit (Home key)

Shuffle (SAP key)

Repeat (Last CH key)

Volume Up

Volume Down

Mute

Play

Pause

Stop

Previous

Next

 

When VLC Media Player is running, the following buttons work.

To get VLC to use the remote, start VLC with the following command: vlc --extraintf lirc

Quit (Home key)

Fullscreen (Info EPG key)

Volume Up

Volume Down

Mute

Play

Pause

Stop

Slower

Faster

Step Backwards 1 minute

Step Forwards 1 minute

 

In Totem Movie Player the arrow buttons and OK button perform some actions. Left arrow is seek backwards, right arrow is seek forwards, up arrow is volume up, down arrow is volume down, and OK is select. In Totem Movie Player the arrow keys should work when at the DVD menu to navigate and select the menu choices, but I only get this to work occasionally. I have a bug report filed on this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550427'>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550427

 

Note that using the Gnome Infrared Remote Control applet (System > Preferences > Infrared Remote Control) will stop the Cyberlink Remote Control from working and overwrite the following files. This is because the Cyberlink Remote is not in it's database. Probably works great if your remote is listed.

/etc/sysconfig/lirc

/etc/lircd.conf.gnome

/etc/lircrc

 

FYI, there is a lirc startup script file at /etc/init.d/lirc

 

For Totem Movie Player to use lirc, in Totem you need to go to Edit > Plugins and activate the ‘Infrared Remote Control’ plugin. Likewise for Rhythmbox music player.

 

If you open Totem Movie Player or Rhythmbox Music Player and lirc is not running, the box to use the lirc plugin (Infrared Remote Control or LIRC) will automatically become unchecked. If irw works in terminal, but lirc is not working in Totem Movie Player or Rhythmbox Music Player, verify that the box for Infrared Remote Control or LIRC is checked for that applications plugins (Edit > Plugins).

 

EDIT: If you have a problem with making selections in DVD menus, update gstreamer-plugins-good to gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.17-4.fc12

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550427

 

EDIT 2: Added info to enable VLC to use lirc. Changed files /etc/lircrc and /home/~/.lircrc above.

Not all the mirrors are good. Manually add one of the mirrors using the site below. I recommend one of the French mirrors or the Carroll USA mirror. You can try the mirror's URL (html or ftp) in your web browser to make sure the site is up before adding it. The best way is to remove your existing mirrors first in MCC, then add the new ones. The best way to add a mirror is to copy the lines in the advanced box into terminal as root after manually selecting your mirror by clicking on "Switch to manual mirror selection".

 

http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/

I have spent some hours working to get my Cyberlink Remote Control functional in Mandriva 2009.1. I have Googled half the internet in the process. I now have a measure of success with VLC. Still a couple of issues and unanswered questions, but I hope to get them sorted. I decided to document my progress to date before I forgot what I did.

 

Here is what my remote looks like: http://www.altechco.com/images/cyber.jpg

 

In the beginning, I was trying to install a tarball someone wrote at http://linux.thaj.net63.net/cyberlinkusb/ [cyberlinkusb-20081207.tar.bz2] to get this Cyberlink Remote to work. After a couple of hiccups I got the tarball installed successfully only to discover later it was superfluous since the driver has been incorporated into the kernel. http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=302112&postcount=28

 

Regarding this remote control: some buttons are seen as regular keypresses (such as the Number buttons and Enter). Other buttons are special (such as Play and FastForward), and these are the problem ones.

 

I am sure there are a couple of superfluous files and steps that got entered here. Eventually I should be able ferret them out.

-------------------

 

First, install LIRC. Here is a list of my installed LIRC related rpms.

python-lirc-0.0.5-2mdv2009.1
vlc-plugin-lirc-1.0.1-1mdv2009.1
liblirc0-0.8.5-0.20090320.1mdv2009.1
lirc-remotes-0.8.3-0.20080704.3mdv2009.0
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.15-2.0.6mdv2009.1
lirc-kernel-desktop586-latest-0.8.5-1.20090817.0.20090320.1mdv2009.1
xmms-lirc-1.4-7mdv2009.0
lirc-0.8.5-0.20090320.1mdv2009.1
lirc-kernel-2.6.29.6-desktop586-2mnb-0.8.5-0.20090320.1mdv2009.1
dkms-minimal-2.0.19-15mdv2009.1
setserial-2.17-14mdv2009.1
kernel-desktop586-2.6.29.6-2mnb-1-1mnb2
x11-proto-devel-7.4-16mdv2009.1

 

I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-lirc.rules with the following content.

KERNEL=="lirc[0-9]*",	NAME="lirc/%n", GROUP=="disk", MODE=="0666"
KERNEL=="lirc0", SYMLINK=="lirc"

 

Next, for a Cyberlink Remote Control enter the following content in: /etc/lircd.conf

I also entered it in the following file because it was there: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

begin remote
 name  CYBERLINK
 bits          32
 eps           30
 aeps          100
 one           0     0
 zero          0     0
 gap           135995
 toggle_bit_mask 0x0
     begin codes
         Back                  0x8001009E
         Pause                 0x80010077
         VolumeDown            0x80010072
         VolumeUp              0x80010073
         Record                0x800100a7
         Guide                 0x80010082
         Mute                  0x80010071
         ChannelUp             0x80010192
         ChannelDown           0x80010193
         Play                  0x800100CF
         SkipFoward            0x800100A3
         SkipBack              0x800100A5
         Stop                  0x800100A6
         Menu                  0x8001008B
         Fwdwind               0x800100D0
         Rewind                0x800100A8
     end codes
end remote

For a different brand of remote, you may be able to find the appropriate information to copy to these files from a subdirectory of /usr/share/lirc-remotes

Or else look here: http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/'>http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/

 

To find the appropriate scan codes, enter the following in terminal and look at what is displayed with each keypress.

Note that your event# could be different.

# hexdump /dev/input/event8

Here is an example. For keypress Play, I get the following output...

[root@localhost dkb]# hexdump /dev/input/event8

0000000 7d1e 4ada 5887 000e 0004 0004 00b0 000c

0000010 7d1e 4ada 58a1 000e 0001 00cf 0001 0000

0000020 7d1e 4ada 58a8 000e 0001 00cf 0000 0000

0000030 7d1e 4ada 58b1 000e 0000 0000 0000 0000

I highlighted the relevant section in red. This button press would go in the files below (i.e.:Play 0x800100CF)

/etc/lircd.conf

/etc/lirc/lircd.conf

 

If you have trouble getting the hexdump, try the following in terminal as root...

# /etc/init.d/lircd stop

# lircd -d /dev/input/event8 {lircd -d device [read from given device]}

Now press the special keys such as Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, etc.

When done pressing each of the special keys, then enter the following in terminal as root...

# /etc/init.d/lircd start

Now the hexdump will hopefully work. Fixed it for me.

I now have an on screen display of the volume level. The volume control and mute buttons of the remote seems to work with most apps.

 

 

You can run $ irw in terminal to see your keypresses after they are configured.

 

Next edit /etc/sysconf/lircd as appropriate.

The important lines for the Cyberlink Remote seem to be...

DRIVER="devinput"
DEVICE=/dev/input/event8

Reference: http://cjo20.net/remote.htm'>http://cjo20.net/remote.htm

 

To find the appropriate /dev/input/event#, enter the following in terminal:

grep -l 'TopSeed' /sys/class/input/input*/name | tail -n1

Take the number from the output after input: /sys/class/input/input8/name

In my case it was 8, so the DEVICE=/dev/input/event8

Note that your event# could be different.

 

Alternatively to get the event# you can try $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices in a terminal.

TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device is my Cyberlink Remote Control

Notice the event8 entry below. I don't know if this entry was after I created /etc/sysconf/lircd or not.

Here is the relevant part my output from $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0766 Product=0204 Version=0100
N: Name="TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device "
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/input/input14
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd mouse2 event8
B: EV=17
B: KEY=fc112 20d0c00 0 0 70000 0 18000 21f8 d001d804 9e0040 0 0 0
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10

 

Here is my /etc/sysconf/lircd file. This is the critical file to get irw and lirc to work.

When this file is set up properly, you will get output from all of the keypresses on your remote.

# Customized settings for lirc daemon

# The hardware driver to use, run: # lircd --driver=? for a list

DRIVER="devinput"

# Hardware driver module to load [found Module name in MCC > Hardware > Browse and configure hardware > Keyboard > USB IR Combo Device]
#HWMOD=usbhid

# The device node that communicates with the IR device.
# if you are using lirc_serial, set DEVICE to /dev/ttyS[0-9]
# where 0-9 is the serial port your IR receiver is plugged

# with devfs enabled
DEVICE=/dev/input/event8
#DEVICE=/dev/lirc/serial

# without devfs 
#DEVICE=/dev/lirc

# Serial port for the receiver (for serial driver)
# COM1 (/dev/ttyS0)
#COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS0
#DRIVER_OPTS="irq=4 io=0x3f8"

# COM2 (/dev/ttyS1)
#COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS1
#DRIVER_OPTS="irq=3 io=0x2f8"

# COM3 (/dev/ttyS2)
#COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS2
#DRIVER_OPTS="irq=4 io=0x3e8

# COM4 (/dev/ttyS3)
#COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS3
#DRIVER_OPTS="irq=3 io=0x2e8"

You may need to reboot for changes to take effect.

Alternatively you can try # /etc/init.d/lircd restart in terminal.

 

Finally, I had to create the files /etc/lircrc and /home/~/.lircrc with the following content (relevant for VLC).

There is a file: /usr/share/doc/vlc/lirc/example.lircrc that is helpful.

Enter vlc --help in a terminal window to find the appropriate hotkeys for vlc.

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Mute
   config = key-vol-mute
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = SkipBack
   config = key-prev
end

begin 
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = SkipForward
   config = key-next
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Pause
   config = key-play-pause
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Menu
   config = key-nav-activate
end

begin
   prog = vlc
   button = Back
   config = Escape
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Rewind
   config = key-slower
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Fwdwind
   config = key-faster
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Play
   config = key-play
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = VolumeDown
   config = key-vol-down
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = Stop
   config = key-stop
end

begin
   remote = CYBERLINK
   prog = vlc
   button = VolumeUp
   config = key-vol-up
end

begin
 prog = vlc
 button = ChannelUp
 config = key-toggle-fullscreen
end

 

Currently I have the following buttons working in VLC

Volume Up

Volume Down

Mute

Play

Pause

Speed Up

Slow Down

Stop

Previous

Full Screen (toggle)

 

This button doesn't work in VLC for some reason that I haven't figured out yet.

Next

 

Useful links:

http://www.g-loaded.eu/2006/01/10/how-to-configure-and-use-lirc/

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/28910-howto-mandriva-linux-2006-lirc/

http://cjo20.net/remote.htm

http://www.minimyth.org/document-howto-lirc_devinput.html

http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39433

http://wiki.videolan.org/How_to_Use_Lirc

http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/

http://blog.mricon.com/2008/04/setting-up-apple-remote-control-with-f9.html

http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/Modules#module-lirc

 

EDIT: I forgot. To get VLC to use the remote, start VLC with the following command: vlc --extraintf lirc

EDIT2: I am making edits to this post as I discover new things.

You can check out the following. The original website seems offline, but Internet Archive comes to the rescue.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20080225000417/http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-check.html

My thread here regarding Hibernation has a bit of info on Swap.

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=91474

I believe if you go into MCC (Configure Your Computer) and set up your network connection from there, you should see a check box for Start Connection at Boot. Make sure checkbox is unchecked.

I am not sure using Port 515 is necessary. That is the port that XP set up and it worked, so that is how I set up Vista.

 

I did not have any success with RAW. I had to use LPR.

For both Linux and Windows, I installed the printer first as a USB printer and got that working. Then I added a wireless printer using the same drivers.

 

I used the following steps for Windows XP. Vista was similar. I can verify the port settings later.

1. Install the printer drivers according to manufacturer's instructions.

2. Start Add Printer Wizard

3. Click Next

4. Choose Local printer attached to this computer, make sure box to Automatically detect is unchecked, and choose Next

5. Choose Create a new port

6. Choose Type of port: as Standard TCP/IP Port and choose Next

7. Click Next

8. Enter 192.168.0.1 for Printer Name or IP Address - Port Name: should be IP_192.168.0.1 (192.18.0.1 is the default gateway for my Netgear router)

9. Click Next

10. For Device Type, should be Standard, Generic Network Card

11. Click Next

12. Click Finish

13. Complete wizard by choosing appropriate printer and driver

14. Give printer a new name if necessary - I chose Networked Canon MP600 Printer

15. Once printer is installed, right-click on printer and choose Properties

16. Choose Ports tab

17. Choose Configure Port... for the Standard TCP/IP port you just added

18. I don't think this step is necessary, but I changed the Port Number to 515

19. Change Protocol to LPR

20. Under LPR Settings, for Queue Name: type in LPT1 and click on OK, then OK

 

Regarding Vista, I had to go into printer preferences and under Spool Print Documents, change the setting from "Start printing immediately" to "Start printing after last page is spooled" for my printer to work properly.

 

Windows XP and Vista do report an error about not being able to communicate with the printer, but the printer prints anyway.

Here is how I set mine up using the print server built into my wireless router.

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=506242#506242

See the first post in this thread for checking your swap partition and fixing it if need be. The information is a little old, but you should be able to figure it out.

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=91474

You might try the steps in this excellent guide to pulseaudio and vlc setup on the Fedora Forums. AFAIK, it should work for Mandriva.

 

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225660

Other versions including the QT4 version available here: http://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/1000/final/en/

You might try installing usb_modeswitch. It is supposed to fix these sorts of issues I believe. If you use Software Installer, make sure leftmost button is set to "All" and not the default "Packages with GUI" before you search for usb_modeswitch.

He did say luckily he had a backup. I think he meant that if one did not have a backup, that person would no longer have a working Mandriva Flash install, and no way to repair it (go back), since most people would not have access to the 4GB version iso to do so.

Something related that I saw today on the mandriva forum. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=720604#720604

 

Users with a 4GB Flash, do not use this ISO it will destroy your Flash!

 

Here's the story:

I bit the banana and bought one of those nice and shiny external DVD reader/writer drives. Burned the ISO to a DVD. I had to change the BIOS settings to boot from the new external drive et voilà: the ISO booted to the prompt!

 

I punched in 'upgrade', hit ENTER and after some loading the system asked me to insert my Flash. Did so and my 2008.1 4G Flash was recognized! After mounting the Flash, backing up all config files, user accounts and Firefox user data it started the transfer of the new system.

 

After a while (8 minutes) the system showed an error, telling me there is not enough space on the device! Nevertheless it continued the routine and even told me that everything was successfully upgraded and I should reboot now. I rebooted but did not get far - black screen with the cursor blinking in the upper left corner. tty0 showed errors about not found directories and files, obviously due to the error message about lack of space during transfer.

 

Of course my 4GB Flash was now totally hosed, thanks to myself I made a backup before!

 

What happened here?

 

1. The "splash screen" of the ISO showed all kinds of options to upgrade Flash sticks from 2008.1 on to 2009 Spring - but only for 8GB sticks!

2. Although the routine recognized my usb key as a valid Mandriva Flash it did not recognize that it is only a 4GB Flash and started to transfer data. Here it should have stopped instead of hosing the exisating system by starting a transfer which could never be successfully ended.

3. The system did not even stop after the error occurred, it told me that everything was successfully upgraded, which obviously was not the case.

 

Although it is nice that the ISO upgrades all versions to 2009 Spring starting with 2008.1, it is useless for those who have a 4GB Flash.

In KDE you have to add a space, then a hypen after the su for launching KDE apps as root such as kwrite, dolphin, or konqueror.

 

david@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# kwrite

I don't know if this will help or not, but this excellent guide solved some problems I was having with videos re: pulseaudio, flash, and wmv, on F11. [i am currently using both Mandriva 2009.1 KDE PWP and Fedora 11 Gnome.]

 

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225660