The script in #14 didn't work OOTB for me, so I rewrote it. I've been having the same issues, but with a Hauppauge remote from a Nova TD500 DVB card.
#!/bin/bash -x export DISPLAY=:0.0 # this is my ir device remoteDevice=$(ls /dev/input/by-path/*event-ir) # this is what it is actually called in dmesg ("IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver") remoteDeviceName=$(cat /sys/`udevadm info -q path -n $remoteDevice`/../../input*/name) # this is the output line from xinput that matches that xinputLine=$(xinput list | grep "$remoteDeviceName") # this gets the column number that contains "=" position=$(expr index "$xinputLine" "=") # but we want what's after the "=", ie the device id positionNext=$(expr $position + 1) # this then grabs that number id=$(expr substr "$xinputLine" $positionNext 100 | awk '{print $1}') # and strips the non-numeric characters form that string propID=$(xinput list-props $id | awk '/Enabled/ {print ($3)}' | sed 's/[^0-9]//g') # so this then turns that off. xinput set-prop $id $propID 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663651 Title: Streamzap remote control not operating correctly -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs