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How do I set up my X10 remote for simple media player functions?

Since I have most things set up on my computer, I have decided that I should complete the whole setup.

Which involves TV tuner, Radio tuner and the remote.

For now the tuners can wait (I have no use of them really for now), but I want to setup my remote so I can control applications like totem, gxine, and rhythmbox.

I know that it is an X10 remote, but I dont know the specific model. However, it is recognized in linux to be ATI/X10 RF Remote.

I have heard of LIRC and its potential support of my remote, but I have no idea at how to set up this remote to work with these apps. I have no config, but I have LIRC installed on Ubuntu.

I plan on having it set up on both Slackware and Ubuntu, I just need to be pointed in the right direction.

Any help?

Thanks...

I'm not sure if you need to configure it but i think you can use it right away in your apps that support lirc.

Gave it a try and it doesnt seem to work. After installing lirc it mentioned something about it needs configuring...

The holy manual says this:

Code:

LIRCRCD(1)                            FSF                          LIRCRCD(1)



NAME

      lircrc  daemon  - handle consistent .lircrc state among client applica-

      tions



SYNOPSIS

      lircrcd [options] config-file



DESCRIPTION

      lircrcd reads the given .lircrc config file and synchronises  the  mode

      that  the LIRC clients using this config file (irexec(1), irxevent(1) ,

      etc.) are in. Using lircrcd has to be explicitly enabled in the  config

      file by adding the following line at the beginning of the file:

      #! lircrcd



      -h --help

              display this message



      -v --version

              display version



      -p --permission=mode

              file permissions for socket



      -o --output=socket

              output socket filename



OPTIONS

      -p, --premission=mode

              The  --permission  option  gives the file permission of the Unix

              domain socket lircrcd creates on startup  in  octal  representa-

              tion.  Read  the documentation for chmod for further details. If

              no --permission option is given when the socket is  created  the

              default  is to give only the user owning the file read and write

              permissions (0600 in octal representation).



      -o, --output=socket

              With the --output option you can select the Unix domain  socket,

              which  lircrcd will create. The default is to append a "d" char-

              acter to the config filename given.



SEE ALSO

      The documentation for lirc  is  maintained  as  html  pages.  They  are

      located under html/ in the documentation directory.



lircrcd 0.8.1                    January 2007                      LIRCRCD(1)

Where do I get the config file to use though?