Archive:Sapphire Remote: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:14, 6 April 2013

This page is currently a work in progress. You can see some other info here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=159433&pid=1368998#pid1368998 and I'll try and create some generic info for the wiki.--Nickr 03:03, 25 March 2013 (EDT)

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 |Image=Sapphire remote face.jpg
 |Description=A very cheap but functional remote for Linux machines.
-|More info= This remote is described here http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/ . It is a very nice and cheap remote. Mark Lord, the author of the above page should take all the credit, his driver is simple and simply brilliant. It requires compiling a driver and editing a couple of files, but don't worry. it's not that hard.
+|More info= This remote is described here http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/ . It is a very nice and cheap remote. Mark Lord, the author of the above page should take all the credit, his driver is simple and simply brilliant. It requires compiling a driver and editing a couple of files, but don't worry. it's not that hard. This guide sets up the remote on a Ubuntu system, in particular these steps were tested on a new Xbmcbuntu 12.0 system.
+== Steps involved ==
+# Install the tools required to compile the driver.
+# Download, compile and install the driver.
+# Install a keymap suitable for XBMC (the driver comes programmed for mythtv).
+== Install the tools required to compile the driver. ==
+Ubuntu has a virtual package called build-essential which installs the compiler tools.
 }}This page is currently a work in progress. You can see some other info here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=159433&pid=1368998#pid1368998 and I'll try and create some generic info for the wiki.--[[User:Nickr|Nickr]] 03:03, 25 March 2013 (EDT)