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When I switched to Ubuntu to run my kodi media centre I manahged to get ir-keytable set up and work (under 18.10) and it worked well even through upgrades to 19 and then 20.04. However, about 3 weeks ago it stopped working. I had it set up to use the RC-6 protocol and MCE key maps, with a couple of changed keys. So after a bit of fiddling I found that at each reboot the device switches to boot the "imon" protocal and standard "pad" key map. If I "sudo ir-keytable -c -w ...." it loads the correct maps and works - until I reboot. I have also tried to force the config file to only call the keytable I want (by making all imon ".toml" files have the same content) but this still doesnt work. I have also tried "sudo ir-keytable -a ....", with no success. I have noticed that the ".toml" files live in "/lib/udev/rc_keymaps" rather than the quoted "/etc/rc_keymaps" and have made sure they are all the same content (calling rc-6 and mce keymaps), but still it reverts during reboot.

Now I'm stuck... it used to work, but something was changed and now I cant get it to work - Help!

thanks C

Callumgw
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I managed to find an solution, so thought it best to post for others. Its built from this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guMX3umfFG8

As he says the changes that happen when we use the "ir-keytable" command dont stick at reboot, so the solution is to use "systemd" to get the change to load everytime you restart. To do this, create a new file in: /etc/systemd/system/ called "ir_remote.service"

Then in that file write:

[Unit] Description= Remap IR Remote

[Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/ir-keytable -c -w /etc/rc_keymaps/YOUR_KEY_MAP.toml

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

This should then run when you reboot. Good luck!

Callumgw
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