Can't get it to work in Kodi on Linux (Ubuntu)

[Chris Griffin]

I have set up a linux box (Ubuntu 24) with Kodi. I bought Flirc v2, plugged it in and installed the setup software.
I used my TV remote and could configure it with the flirc software successfully.
But in Kodi the remote does not seem to work at all.

I did the same on my windows machine and the remote control worked just fine with Kodi from the start.

So I guess it has to do with some missing configuration but I don't know how to debug this. Could you point me where to start looking?

Another question: do I need to install Lirc to make it work? Or is Flirc independent of that? I am asking because I read there seem to be issues with the latest available version of Lirc.

Thank you

[jason]

16 hours ago, Chris Griffin said:

I have set up a linux box (Ubuntu 24) with Kodi. I bought Flirc v2, plugged it in and installed the setup software.
I used my TV remote and could configure it with the flirc software successfully.
But in Kodi the remote does not seem to work at all.

I did the same on my windows machine and the remote control worked just fine with Kodi from the start.

So I guess it has to do with some missing configuration but I don't know how to debug this. Could you point me where to start looking?

Another question: do I need to install Lirc to make it work? Or is Flirc independent of that? I am asking because I read there seem to be issues with the latest available version of Lirc.

Thank you

You shouldn't have to do anything. Once flirc is configured, it should work on any machine that has a USB port and supports keyboard keys.

Something else is causing problems. What's the output of dmesg?
 

[Chris Griffin]

3 hours ago, jason said:

What's the output of dmesg?

Will check when I get home.

Another thing to add: I installed evtest and run a test with it. It responded positive on all keys i pressed on my remote.