ehome infrared receiver needs further installation

Thanks for any help you can give!ĮDIT: Here is an excerpt from my kodi.log. If you need any further information please let me know and I'll try to supply it. What is the best way to completely disable LIRC / LIRCD so that I can just use IR-KEYTABLE? And also, where is the translation from IR-KEYTABLE names to Kodi commands done? There must be a file somewhere that takes the IR-KEYTABLE commands, translates to Kodi-recognised commands, and spits them out to Kodi. This tells me that LIRC / LIRCD is interfering in the translation from IR-KEYTABLE to Kodi, and any keys it doesn't recognise, it just drops. Interestingly, I mapped the same RC-5 IR code to 'KEY_PLAY' instead of 'KEY_P', and it now works in Kodi. I have tested with a few other keys as well, most notably 'KEY_P' and this doesn't work to play a video either, even though 'P' on a USB-connected keyboard works fine. I thought this could be an issue with my custom 'keyboard.xml' so I deleted it, which reverts back to Kodi's defaults, and although pressing the 'C' key on a USB keyboard works, 'KEY_C' is not recognised! However, Kodi does not react to this keypress! It should display the Context Menu, but nothing happens.

After stopping LIRCD, 'KEY_C' works when running 'ir-keytable -t' and I can see the key is recognised by IR-KEYTABLE. I have the 'Guide' button on my Pronto mapped to an RC-5 IR code that prompts 'KEY_C' in the keytable. I have no interest in using LIRC / LIRCD so if it cannot be removed, can it be disabled on boot up? I have no use for LIRC / LIRCD since I am using the RC-5 IR codes to emulate a keyboard and as I understand it, only IR-KEYTABLE can emulate key presses. No problem, just write an 'autostart.sh' script to run this script on boot. My IR receiver is working perfectly but before IR-KEYTABLE will accept IR codes, I have to stop the LIRCD service with 'systemctl stop rvice'. I am well versed in IR-KEYTABLE I can assign protocols, write keytables, test commands, load on boot, etc, but I have two problems: I assumed the same was possible with LibreELEC since it has IR-KEYTABLE built in, but I am unable to get it to work fully. Everything worked perfectly and whenever reinstalling, I could just drop my 'pronto.cfg' (keytable) and 'keyboard.xml' files in the relevant places, and it would just work. I had no issues with creating a keytable and configuring a 'keyboard.xml' to map buttons to specific functions. Previously in Kodibuntu, I would remove LIRC and rely on IR-KEYTABLE to deal with a bank of RC-5 commands from my Philips Pronto remote control. However, I am scratching my head when it comes to getting my remote control working. Quick to install, fast boot, available options that should have been in Kodibuntu (network configuration tool!) and overall a very impressive experience.

Since Kodibuntu is no longer supported by the Kodi developers, I have made the move to LibreELEC and I am very happy with it so far.

Ehome infrared receiver needs further installation