I've installed Mythbuntu 12.04.2 on a new ASUS H87I Plus I5, MythTV works fine but I'm unable to get a (Pinicale)PCTV MCE remote to work.

I have the same Mythbuntu running on an old Dell Optiplex and the remote works on that installation, but not on the new ASUS H87I. I've spent a lot of time surfing trying to find a solution. The system appears to see the USB receiver, but when I run irw, there is no output.

Below are what I've are the most asked commands to run with similar problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I really want to dump the old optiplex.

$ uname -a

Linux MythTv-1 3.5.0-39-generic #60~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 14 15:38:41 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux



$ cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

Configuration for the Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) remote:

include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"



$ lsmod | grep lirc

ir_lirc_codec          12860  0 

rc_core                26423  11 ir_lirc_codec,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,mceusb

lirc_dev               19205  1 ir_lirc_codec



$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. 

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver

Bus 003 Device 004: ID 2304:0225 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Remote Kit Infrared Transceiver

Bus 003 Device 006: ID 13fe:1e00 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Flash Drive 2 GB [ICIDU 2 GB]

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub



$ ls /dev |grep lirc

lirc0

lircd



$ uname -r && lircd -v

3.5.0-39-generic

lircd 0.9.0



$ lsmod | grep mceusb

mceusb                 18152  0 

rc_core                26423  11 ir_lirc_codec,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,mceusb



$ cat /sys/class/rc/rc1/protocols

rc-5 nec rc-6 jvc sony sanyo mce_kbd [lirc]



$ ls /dev/lirc*

/dev/lirc0  /dev/lircd

I've installed Windows 7 and tested the remote with Media Center and it works fine, so there must be something I'm missing. The system recognizes the receiver, but doesn't see the signals.

~$ sudo evtest /dev/input/event14

Input driver version is 1.0.1

Input device ID: bus 0x0 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0

Input device name: "MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb)"

Supported events:

  Event type 0 (EV_SYN)

  Event type 1 (EV_KEY)

    Event code 1 (KEY_ESC)

    Event code 2 (KEY_1)

    Event code 3 (KEY_2)

    Event code 4 (KEY_3)

    Event code 5 (KEY_4)

    Event code 6 (KEY_5)

    Event code 7 (KEY_6)

    Event code 8 (KEY_7)

    Event code 9 (KEY_8)

    Event code 10 (KEY_9)

    Event code 11 (KEY_0)

    Event code 12 (KEY_MINUS)

    Event code 13 (KEY_EQUAL)

    Event code 14 (KEY_BACKSPACE)

    Event code 15 (KEY_TAB)

    Event code 16 (KEY_Q)

    Event code 17 (KEY_W)

    Event code 18 (KEY_E)

    Event code 19 (KEY_R)

    Event code 20 (KEY_T)

    Event code 21 (KEY_Y)

    Event code 22 (KEY_U)

    Event code 23 (KEY_I)

    Event code 24 (KEY_O)

    Event code 25 (KEY_P)

    Event code 26 (KEY_LEFTBRACE)

    Event code 27 (KEY_RIGHTBRACE)

    Event code 28 (KEY_ENTER)

    Event code 29 (KEY_LEFTCTRL)

    Event code 30 (KEY_A)

    Event code 31 (KEY_S)

    Event code 32 (KEY_D)

    Event code 33 (KEY_F)

    Event code 34 (KEY_G)

    Event code 35 (KEY_H)

    Event code 36 (KEY_J)

    Event code 37 (KEY_K)

    Event code 38 (KEY_L)

    Event code 39 (KEY_SEMICOLON)

    Event code 40 (KEY_APOSTROPHE)

    Event code 41 (KEY_GRAVE)

    Event code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT)

    Event code 43 (KEY_BACKSLASH)

    Event code 44 (KEY_Z)

    Event code 45 (KEY_X)

    Event code 46 (KEY_C)

    Event code 47 (KEY_V)

    Event code 48 (KEY_B)

    Event code 49 (KEY_N)

    Event code 50 (KEY_M)

    Event code 51 (KEY_COMMA)

    Event code 52 (KEY_DOT)

    Event code 53 (KEY_SLASH)

    Event code 54 (KEY_RIGHTSHIFT)

    Event code 55 (KEY_KPASTERISK)

    Event code 56 (KEY_LEFTALT)

    Event code 57 (KEY_SPACE)

    Event code 58 (KEY_CAPSLOCK)

    Event code 59 (KEY_F1)

    Event code 60 (KEY_F2)

    Event code 61 (KEY_F3)

    Event code 62 (KEY_F4)

    Event code 63 (KEY_F5)

    Event code 64 (KEY_F6)

    Event code 65 (KEY_F7)

    Event code 66 (KEY_F8)

    Event code 67 (KEY_F9)

    Event code 68 (KEY_F10)

    Event code 69 (KEY_NUMLOCK)

    Event code 70 (KEY_SCROLLLOCK)

    Event code 71 (KEY_KP7)

    Event code 72 (KEY_KP8)

    Event code 73 (KEY_KP9)

    Event code 74 (KEY_KPMINUS)

    Event code 75 (KEY_KP4)

    Event code 76 (KEY_KP5)

    Event code 77 (KEY_KP6)

    Event code 78 (KEY_KPPLUS)

    Event code 79 (KEY_KP1)

    Event code 80 (KEY_KP2)

    Event code 81 (KEY_KP3)

    Event code 82 (KEY_KP0)

    Event code 83 (KEY_KPDOT)

    Event code 85 (KEY_ZENKAKUHANKAKU)

    Event code 86 (KEY_102ND)

    Event code 87 (KEY_F11)

    Event code 88 (KEY_F12)

    Event code 89 (KEY_RO)

    Event code 90 (KEY_KATAKANA)

    Event code 91 (KEY_HIRAGANA)

    Event code 92 (KEY_HENKAN)

    Event code 93 (KEY_KATAKANAHIRAGANA)

    Event code 94 (KEY_MUHENKAN)

    Event code 95 (KEY_KPJPCOMMA)

    Event code 96 (KEY_KPENTER)

    Event code 97 (KEY_RIGHTCTRL)

    Event code 98 (KEY_KPSLASH)

    Event code 99 (KEY_SYSRQ)

    Event code 100 (KEY_RIGHTALT)

    Event code 102 (KEY_HOME)

    Event code 103 (KEY_UP)

    Event code 104 (KEY_PAGEUP)

    Event code 105 (KEY_LEFT)

    Event code 106 (KEY_RIGHT)

    Event code 107 (KEY_END)

    Event code 108 (KEY_DOWN)

    Event code 109 (KEY_PAGEDOWN)

    Event code 110 (KEY_INSERT)

    Event code 111 (KEY_DELETE)

    Event code 113 (KEY_MUTE)

    Event code 114 (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN)

    Event code 115 (KEY_VOLUMEUP)

    Event code 116 (KEY_POWER)

    Event code 117 (KEY_KPEQUAL)

    Event code 119 (KEY_PAUSE)

    Event code 121 (KEY_KPCOMMA)

    Event code 122 (KEY_HANGUEL)

    Event code 123 (KEY_HANJA)

    Event code 124 (KEY_YEN)

    Event code 125 (KEY_LEFTMETA)

    Event code 126 (KEY_RIGHTMETA)

    Event code 127 (KEY_COMPOSE)

    Event code 128 (KEY_STOP)

    Event code 129 (KEY_AGAIN)

    Event code 130 (KEY_PROPS)

    Event code 131 (KEY_UNDO)

    Event code 132 (KEY_FRONT)

    Event code 133 (KEY_COPY)

    Event code 134 (KEY_OPEN)

    Event code 135 (KEY_PASTE)

    Event code 136 (KEY_FIND)

    Event code 137 (KEY_CUT)

    Event code 138 (KEY_HELP)

    Event code 140 (KEY_CALC)

    Event code 142 (KEY_SLEEP)

    Event code 150 (KEY_WWW)

    Event code 152 (KEY_SCREENLOCK)

    Event code 158 (KEY_BACK)

    Event code 159 (KEY_FORWARD)

    Event code 161 (KEY_EJECTCD)

    Event code 163 (KEY_NEXTSONG)

    Event code 164 (KEY_PLAYPAUSE)

    Event code 165 (KEY_PREVIOUSSONG)

    Event code 166 (KEY_STOPCD)

    Event code 173 (KEY_REFRESH)

    Event code 176 (KEY_EDIT)

    Event code 177 (KEY_SCROLLUP)

    Event code 178 (KEY_SCROLLDOWN)

    Event code 183 (KEY_F13)

    Event code 184 (KEY_F14)

    Event code 185 (KEY_F15)

    Event code 186 (KEY_F16)

    Event code 187 (KEY_F17)

    Event code 188 (KEY_F18)

    Event code 189 (KEY_F19)

    Event code 190 (KEY_F20)

    Event code 191 (KEY_F21)

    Event code 192 (KEY_F22)

    Event code 193 (KEY_F23)

    Event code 194 (KEY_F24)

    Event code 272 (BTN_LEFT)

    Event code 273 (BTN_RIGHT)

  Event type 2 (EV_REL)

    Event code 0 (REL_X)

    Event code 1 (REL_Y)

  Event type 4 (EV_MSC)

    Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)

  Event type 20 (EV_REP)

Testing ... (interrupt to exit)



(No key presses were recognized)