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|Description=A very cheap but functional remote for Linux machines. | |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. This guide sets up the remote on a Ubuntu system, in particular these steps were tested on a new | |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 == | == Steps involved == | ||
# Install the tools required to compile the driver. | # Install the tools required to compile the driver. | ||
# Download, compile and install the driver. | # Download, compile and install the driver. | ||
# Install a keymap suitable for XBMC (the driver comes programmed for mythtv). | # Install a keymap suitable for XBMC (the driver comes programmed for mythtv). | ||
== Install the tools required to compile the driver. == | === Install the tools required to compile the driver. === | ||
Ubuntu has a virtual package called build-essential which installs the compiler tools. | Ubuntu has a virtual package called build-essential which installs the compiler tools. | ||
<source lang="bash"> | <source lang="bash"> | ||
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</source> | </source> | ||
The needed tools will be installed. | The needed tools will be installed. | ||
== Download, compile and install the driver. == | === Download, compile and install the driver. === | ||
You need to download the latest driver from Mark's site. As at the time I am writing (7 April 2013) the latest is 4.4. Go to his website and get the most recent, and change the numbers in my example if there is a lter version. | You need to download the latest driver from Mark's site. As at the time I am writing (7 April 2013) the latest is 4.4. Go to his website and get the most recent, and change the numbers in my example if there is a lter version. | ||
<source lang="bash"> | <source lang="bash"> | ||
$ cd ~/Downloads | $ cd ~/Downloads | ||
$ wget http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/sapphire-4.4.tar.gz | $ wget http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/sapphire-4.4.tar.gz | ||
$ tar xzvf sapphire-4.4 | $ tar xzvf sapphire-4.4.tar.gz | ||
$ cd sapphire-4.4 | |||
$ sudo make install | $ sudo make install | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
Some distros also need a startup script, I am not sure if ubuntu does, but no harm in doing it. Mark installs the script in /usr/local/bin/sapphire_startup.sh. To make this script run on boot, use your editor to add the command to /etc/rc.local | |||
<source lang="bash"> | |||
$ sudo nano -w /etc/rc.local | |||
</source> | |||
Put the command just above the ine that says exit 0, so it will look like this: | |||
<source lang="bash"> | |||
#!/bin/sh -e | |||
# | |||
# rc.local | |||
# | |||
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. | |||
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other | |||
# value on error. | |||
# | |||
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution | |||
# bits. | |||
# | |||
# By default this script does nothing. | |||
/usr/local/bin/sapphire_startup.sh | |||
exit 0 | |||
</source> | |||
=== Install a keymap suitable for XBMC === | |||
}}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) | }}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) | ||
Revision as of 23:40, 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)