I don't want my IR handset to act like a keyboard

Op 10-01-10 19:04, Tony Houghton schreef: > I've got a DVB card with an IR controller which appears as an input > device. I want my applications to read the input device directly, not as > a keyboard. Among other reasons, it's because I want to use the "OK" > button while mplayer is running, but it generates an "Enter" keypress > which mplayer interprets as "please quit". > Interestingly, someone has been complaining of exactly the opposite: http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1309 Maybe in your case, what you need is just a special keymap for the remote control, and make sure that applications listen to it only via X. See you, Eric