getting original xbox dvd dongle to work with Ubuntu 12.04

This guide is mostly copied and pasted from these two fantastic posts:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11422009&postcount=19 and http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=98348

Just follow the instructions and input the lines of code into a terminal...
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...got it going, I just compiled the xbox driver rather than all of lirc

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

add 'blacklist xpad' without the quotes to the bottom of the file

Code:

sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo apt-get build-dep lirc
sudo apt-get install git dialog automake autoconf libtool
git clone git://lirc.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lirc/lirc
wget http://old.nabble.com/attachment/31787507/0/lirc_0.9.1_lirc_xbox_driver.patch
cd lirc/
patch -p1 <../lirc_0.9.1_lirc_xbox_driver.patch
gedit drivers/lirc_xbox/lirc_xbox.c

remove (i.e., delete the whole line or this will mess things up) the line

#include <linux smp_lock.h="smp_lock.h">

Code:

./autogen.sh
./configure -with-driver=userspace
cd drivers/lirc_xbox/
make
sudo make install
sudo apt-get install lirc

edit

 sudo gedit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

 to use lirc_xbox as the remote module so it looks like this:

# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_xbox"
REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD="false"

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="true"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""

#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""

- Backup /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
sudo gedit /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
and replace with this:

Code:

# brand: Microsoft Xbox DVD Receiever (also works with generic)
# remote control: Xbox remote or any remote using RCA DVD player codes

begin remote

  name  XboxDVDDongle
  bits            8
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  one             0     0
  zero            0     0
  gap          163983
  toggle_bit_mask 0x0

      begin codes
          LEFT                     0xA9
          UP                       0xA6
          RIGHT                    0xA8
          DOWN                     0xA7
          SELECT                   0x0B
          1                        0xCE
          2                        0xCD
          3                        0xCC
          4                        0xCB
          5                        0xCA
          6                        0xC9
          7                        0xC8
          8                        0xC7
          9                        0xC6
          0                        0xCF
          MENU                     0xF7
          DISPLAY                  0xD5
          REWIND                   0xE2
          FFWD                     0xE3
          PLAY                     0xEA
          PAUSE                    0xE6
          STOP                     0xE0
          SKIP-                    0xDD
          SKIP+                    0xDF
          TITLE                    0xE5
          INFO                     0xC3
          BACK                     0xD8
      end codes

end remote