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I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux?

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  I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 17:09 -0400
    Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? "Kleuskes & Moos" <kleuske@xs4all.nl> - 2011-06-15 14:45 -0700
      Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 17:50 -0400
      Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 23:07 +0100
        Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-16 00:13 +0100
          Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-16 00:16 +0100
            Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Bjørn Steensrud <bjornst+usenet@skogkatt.homelinux.org> - 2011-06-17 10:01 +0200
          Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-06-20 11:42 -0400
            Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-06-20 12:26 -0400
              Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-06-21 23:50 +0200
                Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-21 22:27 -0400
                  Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-06-22 03:16 +0000
      Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 18:55 -0500
        Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-06-16 15:32 -0500
      Admits that his children are too stupid to read the packaging (was: Harmony remote) JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-15 17:06 -0700
    Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2011-06-15 23:17 +0100
      Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 18:55 -0400
        Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Chris <chrisdhaag@googlemail.com> - 2011-06-15 23:18 +0000
        Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2011-06-16 00:30 +0100
    Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Chris <chrisdhaag@googlemail.com> - 2011-06-15 23:11 +0000
    Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Kari Laine <karitlaine@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-16 12:58 +0300
      Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 05:06 -0500
        Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-06-16 15:34 -0500
    Harmony remote - supported better by Linux? Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-16 13:53 +0100
      Re: Harmony remote - supported better by Linux? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-16 08:47 -0500
        Re: Harmony remote - supported better by Linux? "Barb Dwyer" <barb@invalid.com> - 2011-06-16 09:57 -0400
    Re: I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux? John Slade <hhitman86@pacbell.net> - 2011-06-21 20:09 -0700

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#33198 — I bought a super-duper Harmony remote - why can't I set it up with Linux?

This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off. But 
why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?

    http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441

Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to run 
either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can not 
even handle simple basic hardware like this?

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#33204

On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off. But
> why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>
>    http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>
> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to run
> either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can not
> even handle simple basic hardware like this?

Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
supplying one.

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#33206

>
>"Kleuskes & Moos" <kleuske@xs4all.nl> wrote in message 
>news:7c95cef4-0c69-4c17-aabd-b9db3f58334d@25g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off. 
>> But
>> why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>
>> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>
>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to 
>> run
>> either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can 
>> not
>> even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>
>Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>supplying one.


the remote simply plugs in to a USB port on the computer.

are you saying that linux does not have USB drivers?

USB has been out a long time already. somebody should have written a driver 
for linux by now.

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#33210

In reply to Kleuskes & Moos who posted:

> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off. But
>> why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>
>>    http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>
>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to run
>> either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can not
>> even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>
> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
> supplying one.

References: <itb725$2ua$1@speranza.aioe.org>
Another wintroll, who'd have guessed it.

-- 
E Pluribus UNIX.
"Microsoft has vast resources, literally billions of dollars in cash, or liquid assets reserves. 
Microsoft is an incredibly successful empire built on the premise of market dominance with low-quality goods." 
-- Former White House adviser Richard A. Clarke --

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#33226

On Wednesday 15 June 2011 23:07 William Poaster wrote:

> In reply to Kleuskes & Moos who posted:
> 
>> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
>>> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>>
>>> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>
>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to
>>> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it
>>> can not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>
>> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>> supplying one.
> 
> References: <itb725$2ua$1@speranza.aioe.org>
> Another wintroll, who'd have guessed it.

No, not *another* one, surely?  This is the *same* cretin who stalks chrisv, 
and posts strings of obscenities under a different nym every day, isn't it?
 

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#33268

In reply to bbgruff who posted:

> On Wednesday 15 June 2011 23:07 William Poaster wrote:
>
>> In reply to Kleuskes & Moos who posted:
>> 
>>> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
>>>> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>>
>>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to
>>>> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it
>>>> can not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>>
>>> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>>> supplying one.
>> 
>> References: <itb725$2ua$1@speranza.aioe.org>
>> Another wintroll, who'd have guessed it.
>
> No, not *another* one, surely?  This is the *same* cretin who stalks chrisv, 
> and posts strings of obscenities under a different nym every day, isn't it?

Probably. 

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Microsoft is an incredibly successful empire built on the premise of market dominance with low-quality goods." 
-- Former White House adviser Richard A. Clarke --

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#33439

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:16:48 +0100,  William Poaster wrote:

> In reply to bbgruff who posted:
> 
>> On Wednesday 15 June 2011 23:07 William Poaster wrote:
>>
>>> In reply to Kleuskes & Moos who posted:
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50
>>>>> off. But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote
>>>>> control?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I
>>>>> need to run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with
>>>>> Linux since it can not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>>>
>>>> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>>>> supplying one.
>>> 
>>> References: <itb725$2ua$1@speranza.aioe.org> Another wintroll, who'd
>>> have guessed it.
>>
>> No, not *another* one, surely?  This is the *same* cretin who stalks
>> chrisv, and posts strings of obscenities under a different nym every
>> day, isn't it?
> 
> Probably.

Homer's filter handles him neatly. I had to tune the filter to allow some 
posters I read in another group and found out the hard way. Yeeesh.

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#34277

"bbgruff" <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:95ssklF7g2U1@mid.individual.net...
> On Wednesday 15 June 2011 23:07 William Poaster wrote:
>
>> In reply to Kleuskes & Moos who posted:
>>
>>> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
>>>> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>>
>>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need 
>>>> to
>>>> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it
>>>> can not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>>
>>> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>>> supplying one.
>>
>> References: <itb725$2ua$1@speranza.aioe.org>
>> Another wintroll, who'd have guessed it.
>
> No, not *another* one, surely?  This is the *same* cretin who stalks 
> chrisv,
> and posts strings of obscenities under a different nym every day, isn't 
> it?
>

I'm pretty sure it's OSOK  (One-shot).

He's zany and insightful but if you read between the lines in his posts he's 
incredibly intelligent.

But it's the fun zany attitude he brings to COLA that makes me chuckle.

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#34284

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:42:09 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:

> "bbgruff" <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
> news:95ssklF7g2U1@mid.individual.net...
>> On Wednesday 15 June 2011 23:07 William Poaster wrote:
>>
>>> In reply to Kleuskes & Moos who posted:
>>>
>>>> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
>>>>> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need 
>>>>> to
>>>>> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it
>>>>> can not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>>>
>>>> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>>>> supplying one.
>>>
>>> References: <itb725$2ua$1@speranza.aioe.org>
>>> Another wintroll, who'd have guessed it.
>>
>> No, not *another* one, surely?  This is the *same* cretin who stalks 
>> chrisv,
>> and posts strings of obscenities under a different nym every day, isn't 
>> it?
>>
> 
> I'm pretty sure it's OSOK  (One-shot).
> 
> He's zany and insightful but if you read between the lines in his posts he's 
> incredibly intelligent.
> 
> But it's the fun zany attitude he brings to COLA that makes me chuckle.

hahahaha!

And in this case it's true.

OSOK *is* intelligent.

-- 
flatfish+++
Please visit our hall of Linux idiots.
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Watching Linux Fail:
http://limuxwatch.blogspot.com/

Linux's dismal desktop market share:

http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/05/12/the-top-20-strongholds-for-desktop-linux/
 
Desktop Linux: The Dream Is Dead
"By the time Microsoft released the Windows 7 beta 
in January 2009, Linux had clearly lost its chance at desktop glory."
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207999/desktop_linux_the_dream_is_dead.html 

Desktop Linux on Life Support:

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/is-linux-on-the-desktop-dead--961508

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#34631

On 2011-06-20, the following emerged from the brain of flatfish+++:
>
> And in this case it's true.
>
> OSOK *is* intelligent.

Omg...

-- 
If The Flintstones has taught us anything, it's that pelicans
can be used to mix cement.
	~ Homer J. Simpson

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#34679

TomB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 2011-06-20, the following emerged from the brain of flatfish+++:
>>
>> And in this case it's true.
>>
>> OSOK *is* intelligent.
>
> Omg...

Nah, it's just two morons who can't stand the fact that 7, for all his
errors, quite often discerns the meat of a situation, and fairly often
riffs on it in disarmingly humorous ways.

So they inflate the worth of "OSOK".  Either they're stupid or
manipulative.

-- 
In every non-trivial program there is at least one bug.

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#34691

On 2011-06-22, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> wrote:
> TomB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On 2011-06-20, the following emerged from the brain of flatfish+++:
>>>
>>> And in this case it's true.
>>>
>>> OSOK *is* intelligent.
>>
>> Omg...
>
> Nah, it's just two morons who can't stand the fact that 7, for all his
> errors, quite often discerns the meat of a situation, and fairly often
> riffs on it in disarmingly humorous ways.
>
> So they inflate the worth of "OSOK".  Either they're stupid or
> manipulative.

Why can't they be both? I've met many stupid *and* manipulative people
in my 50 odd years of life. I'm glad the nice people make up for them.

You'd have to be stupid to spend your waking hours insulting others with
scatological nonsense in this newsgroup if they really believe that
Linux use is insignificant. The attempted manipulation is obvious: To
make the newsgroup unreadable for newcomers and to tie up advocates in
discussions irrelevant to the main thrust of the newsgroup.

-- 
Regards,
Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power

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#33238

On 2011-06-15, Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@xs4all.nl> claimed:
> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off. But
>> why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>
>>    http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>
>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to run
>> either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can not
>> even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>
> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
> supplying one.

http://www.phildev.net/harmony/

By golly! Concordance is in the repositories! Sweet!

Poor Flatfuck! Get a life. Or better, take the one you have.

-- 
#define QUESTION ((bb) || !(bb)) - Shakespeare.

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#33368

On 2011-06-15, Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2011-06-15, Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@xs4all.nl> claimed:
>> On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "Rick O'Shea" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off. But
>>> why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>>>
>>>    http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>
>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to run
>>> either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can not
>>> even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>
>> Given the proper driver, it can. So complain to Logitech about not
>> supplying one.
>
> http://www.phildev.net/harmony/

   It sounds like ALL users of this device were sorely lacking a proper
method to program it and that this wasn't just a "Linux only problem".

>
> By golly! Concordance is in the repositories! Sweet!
>
> Poor Flatfuck! Get a life. Or better, take the one you have.
>


-- 

   Unauthorized distribution of your work is going to happen. That      ||| 
particular genie left the bottle a long time ago. You can either be    / | \ 
cool about it and possibly gain from it or big the biggest jerk you   
can be and alienate potential fans.

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#33241 — Admits that his children are too stupid to read the packaging (was: Harmony remote)

>[the speranza.aioe.org troll] wrote:
>>for fathers day
>>
You should take those children back where you bought them.
They don't pass the minimum-intelligence test.

Kleuskes & Moos wrote:
>complain to Logitech about not supplying [proper software]
>
...or teach the children to read the product's packaging
before handing over their money.
Wait a minute.
The kids got half their cognitive abilities from the WinTroll
so they are beyond all hope--unless they are adopted
(and really, who is going to have sex with an aioe.org troll).

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#33212

Rick O'Shea wrote:
> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?

Why can't Windows (or Mac OS X) handle something as simple as a remote 
control?

Because drivers and configuration software are needed.

>     http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
> 
> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to
> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it can
> not even handle simple basic hardware like this?

What is wrong with Windows (or Mac OS X) since it can not even handle simple 
basic hardware like this?

Because it does not have the drivers and configuration software needed.

For those that may want to use Harmony remotes with GNU/Linux look in the 
package repositories for "congruity" or in the following link.
http://www.phildev.net/harmony/

Regards.

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#33216

"Lusotec" <nomail@nomail.not> wrote in message 
news:itbb1h$rn6$1@dont-email.me...
> Rick O'Shea wrote:
>> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
>> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
>
> Why can't Windows (or Mac OS X) handle something as simple as a remote
> control?
>
> Because drivers and configuration software are needed.
>
>>     http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>
>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to
>> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it 
>> can
>> not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>
>
> For those that may want to use Harmony remotes with GNU/Linux look in the
> package repositories for "congruity" or in the following link.
> http://www.phildev.net/harmony/
>

the support page on that website with the list of supported models says that 
ZERO of the new models work.

I guess that if I bought an old 2004 model of the remote on ebay it might 
work with that software. But the model I have is new from Amazon.com and it 
is not supported with conbruity package.

Need more help. How do I program the remote with Linux?

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#33233

Am Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:55:14 -0400 schrieb Rick O'Shea:

> the support page on that website with the list of supported models says
> that ZERO of the new models work.

Oh. So disregard the second part of my other reply then. I wasn't aware 
that there are too different devices with the same product name sold.
I really don't like that when they do that. The should at least add 
"version numbers" to the product name.

> I guess that if I bought an old 2004 model of the remote on ebay it
> might work with that software. But the model I have is new from
> Amazon.com and it is not supported with conbruity package.
> 
> Need more help. How do I program the remote with Linux?

I think you know damn good that there is only one answer. So I play along:

I think there is a bug on the Logitech website since when choosing 
"Downloads" there is only Windows and Mac OS. You should write to the 
Logitech support and tell them that their website accidentally lacks a 
download link for the linux variant of the software that they provide for 
Windows and Mac OS.

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#33234

Rick O'Shea wrote:
> "Lusotec" wrote:
>> Rick O'Shea wrote:
>>>     http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
>>>
>>> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to
>>> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it
>>> can
>>> not even handle simple basic hardware like this?
>>
>> For those that may want to use Harmony remotes with GNU/Linux look in the
>> package repositories for "congruity" or in the following link.
>> http://www.phildev.net/harmony/
> 
> the support page on that website with the list of supported models says
> that ZERO of the new models work.
> 
> I guess that if I bought an old 2004 model of the remote on ebay it might
> work with that software. But the model I have is new from Amazon.com and
> it is not supported with conbruity package.

There are several recent modules supported by congruity.

> Need more help. How do I program the remote with Linux?

If the model you have is not supported by congruity then you will have to 
install and use the Logitech software. Seeing that you use Windows that 
should not a problem.

Regards.

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#33232

Am Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:09:28 -0400 schrieb Rick O'Shea:

> This is the remote I got for fathers day and it is on sale for $50 off.
> But why can't Linux handle something as simple as a remote control?
> 
>     http://www.logitech.com/en-us/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6441
> 
> Everyone at work said it was a great remote. They tell me that I need to
> run either Windows or Mac to use it. What is wrong with Linux since it
> can not even handle simple basic hardware like this?

So you must purposefully exaggerate calling it "simple basic" hardware 
since it's subtitle is "One Advanced Universal Remote" (in comparison to 
one simple universal remote?).

So now I have a question: Does the remote control work in Windows or Mac 
OS _before_ you installed the driver and software that came with it / is 
available on their website?
I ask, because if you say no, then it's clear that Windows and Mac OS 
"can not even handle simple basic hardware like this" and need 3rd party 
software from the manufacturer.

So instead of trusting what "they" tell you at work you could do some 
simple research like looking if there is something in the repository of 
your distribution:

chris@chrisl ~ % yaourt logitech harmony
1 aur/concordance-cli 0.23-1 (13)
    This software will allow you to program your Logitech Harmony 
universal remote control
2 aur/congruity 15-2 (3)
    Congruity is a GUI application for programming Logitech(R) Harmony
(TM) remote controls.
3 aur/python-libconcord 0.23-3 (3)
    This software will allow you to program your Logitech Harmony 
universal remote control

Or use google.
I tried "logitech harmony +linux" and the first result that came up is 
from 2007 and tells you that linux support had been "crafted" back then 
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/121149

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