RF remote in Linux HTPC
If you are setting up a Linux based media center PC, sooner or later you would stumble upon a remote which is not completely supported out-of-the-box. More so, if you have an RF remote like me. I spent couple of days scanning through multiple posts to figure it out. This post outlines the steps to get your remote working as you'd like. Most remotes are Infra-red (IR) devices. However, radio-frequency (RF) remotes allow you flexibility and better control as line of sight is not mandatory. I have an RF remote that came with ATI TV Wonder HD 250. ATI Theater remote (source: http://tv.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/amd/ati_theater.html?p=11) Good news is that most of the buttons work out-of-the-box, i.e. the Linux kernel recognizes the device. However, it was annoying that some single key functions like TV or radio were not working. There are total nine buttons that don't work. The first step is to figure out the scancodes of these keys. Run evtest as root and press the ...