[PROBLEM] Trouble getting lircd to work as expected, also is something else handling IR input?

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(1st Jun, 2020 10:30 PM)Msprg Wrote:  Ok, I Got it, just I don't really have a IR USB receiver (I suppose that's what you are calling dongle) on hand now, just IR sensor I can connect to GPIO. But maybe it would be much less work just getting an USB IR receiver. So could you tell me some brand/model that should reliably work plug & play, like your does?

Ideally you would send a link to Amazon or Aliexpress, because I don't feel like buying and waiting for some receiver that will end up not working out of the box...

Ouups, I forgot what you wrote in your first post, sorry

So, just enable your GPIO IR and don't start lirc service. AFAIR newer kernel should have support for this configuration directly. Give it a try

I'm using such a combination (lirc from devel package, GPIO IR receiver and this Terratec Remote Control

If it does not work, you have the choice to install and use lirc package from devel repository and try it with that package

I don't believe that you can buy just an IR dongle, your remote control will probably not work with that dongle.
Unfortunately I do not have a lot of experience with MCE remote controls, so I cant tell you which one would be good to buy, but all of them with USB IR receiver should work

Final question: cant' you use CEC for using remote control from your TV?