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[Rolf Leggewie <567512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  uinput broken for at least Mac mini

Status in lirc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in lirc source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix
Status in lirc source package in Maverick:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I have patched and tested the latest lirc packages from lucid. I have
  uploaded a bzr branch to Launchpad and requested a merge to lucid-
  proposed. The debdiff is also attached.

  For the needs of the SRU:

  - Impact of this bug: This bug renders the "--uinput" of lirc useless.
  This options allows remote controls to input commands like key strokes
  (as you would with a multimedia keyboard with "play", "next/previous",
  "volume up/down", etc buttons). This is obviously a very simple and
  attractive way to use a remote control with Ubuntu, and is recommended
  in many tutorials (including on help.ubuntu.com). Currently, in lucid,
  the buttons pressed on the remote have no effect (until the lircd
  daemon is stopped or restarted).

  - Nominating for SRU, fulfills: (1) have an obviously safe patch (it
  only concerns the --uinput which is currently non-functional, and is
  tested by upstream and other distros) and (2) affect an application
  rather than critical infrastructure packages

  - My proposed patch simply includes a patch from upstream (git commit
  d987ce9c68239f637dddb9de9f9668f6e8f9fc1d) to fix this problem. It is
  included in the 0.8.7~pre3-0ubuntu1 version in maverick, which works
  fine.

  TEST CASE: A supported remote control and IR receiver are required.
  Install the lirc package. Configure /etc/lirc/lircd.conf for your remote, if not already done during package installation (or include a preset from /usr/share/lirc/remotes/). Ensure your remote button presses are detected when running irw. Edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf and set these keys:
  REMOTE_MODULES="uinput"
  REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="--uinput"
  Restart lirc.
  Start rhythmbox and enable the "lirc" module. Restart rhythmbox and start playing a song.
  Press pause key on the remote and notice that rhythmbox doesn't take any notice.
  Stop lirc, and see that rhythmbox then pauses the song.

  I see no regression potential for this patch, as it only affects users
  running lirc with the --uinput option, which is currently non-
  functional with an up-to-date Ubuntu lucid.

  --- 
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: lirc 0.8.6-0ubuntu4.2
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
  Tags: lucid
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner src vboxusers video

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