IR receiver driver is not loaded

    Hello,

    I have a USB IR receiver that previously worked with Intel NUC + LibreELEC 8.x. I have now moved it to another system (AOpen Digital Engine DE6100) with LibreELEC 9.2. Everything works except remote. This is troubleshoot done so far:

    [ 3067.726122] usb 4-1: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ohci-pci

    [ 3067.926127] input: HID 05a4:9881 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/0003:05A4:9881.0004/input/input16

    [ 3067.984098] hid-generic 0003:05A4:9881.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 05a4:9881] on usb-0000:00:13.0-1/input0

    [ 3068.008745] input: HID 05a4:9881 Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:05A4:9881.0005/input/input17

    [ 3068.009257] input: HID 05a4:9881 Consumer Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:05A4:9881.0005/input/input18

    [ 3068.066094] input: HID 05a4:9881 System Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:05A4:9881.0005/input/input19

    [ 3068.068034] hid-generic 0003:05A4:9881.0005: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 05a4:9881] on usb-0000:00:13.0-1/input1

    [ 3068.238479] input: eventlircd as /devices/virtual/input/input21

    LibreELEC2:~ # lspci

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex

    00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity 2 [Radeon HD 7520G]

    00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller

    00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port

    00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)

    00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)

    00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)

    00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)

    00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)

    00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)

    00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)

    00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 14)

    00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)

    00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)

    00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)

    00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)

    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0

    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1

    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2

    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3

    00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4

    00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5

    01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

    LibreELEC2:~ # lsusb

    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c069 Logitech, Inc. M-U0007 [Corded Mouse M500]

    Bus 004 Device 003: ID 05a4:9881 Ortek Technology, Inc. IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control]

    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c30e Logitech, Inc. UltraX Keyboard (Y-BL49)

    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

    Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

    Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

    Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    LibreELEC2:~ # ir-keytable

    /sys/class/rc/: No such file or directory

    No devices found

    I'm not expirienced in linux so I would ask for directions on what to do next.

    Thanks,

    Mladen

    The logs look fine,

    The Ortek IR receiver shows up as keyboard+mouse input devices and isn't handled by the rc-core subsystem so it won't show up in ir-keytable and you can only use it with the remote it was bundled with.

    I did a quick test here on RPi4 with the remote+receiver and it worked out of the box.

    so long,

    Hias

    Quote from mlac99

    The original remote is broken, I was thinking of using a second one with this IR reciever. So, I must get another IR reciever ?

    Yes. I'd recommend getting an (HP branded) MCE USB receiver, which is very well supported in Linux (and LibreELEC).

    so long,

    Hias