#974567 ir-keytable: unreliable loading of keytables via udev and /etc/rc_maps.cfg

Package:
ir-keytable
Source:
v4l-utils
Description:
Alter keymaps of Remote Controller devices
Submitter:
Alexander Grothe
Date:
2020-11-21 11:09:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#974567#5
Date:
2020-11-12 10:34:45 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

the udev rule installed from debian/ir-keytable.udev in the source package is not guaranteed
to be run at the appropriate (and for the appropriate device) moment during bootup,
which can cause the remote not to be configured according to the settings in /etc/rc_maps.cfg.
This seems to occur more often on newer kernel versions.

Please use the upstream version
(https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/tree/utils/keytable/70-infrared.rules) instead.
This commit message explains the reasoning behind the change:
https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/commit/utils/keytable/70-infrared.rules?id=e440918467868a5f3e7f73f54ef2cbd85d68f3f1

The same problem exists with the ir-keytable packages in Ubuntu and
should affect older versions of v4l-utils/ir-keytable, too.

Kind regards,
Alexander Grothe