1LIRC is a package that allows you to decode and send infra-red signals 2of many (but not all) commonly used remote controls. 3 4The most important part of LIRC is the lircd daemon that will decode 5IR signals received by the device drivers and provide the information 6on a socket. It will also accept commands for IR signals to be sent if 7the hardware supports this. The second daemon program called lircmd 8will connect to lircd and translate the decoded IR signals to mouse 9movements. You can e.g. configure X to use your remote control as an 10input device. 11 12The user space applications will allow you to control your computer 13with your remote control. You can send X events to applications, start 14programs and much more on just one button press. The possible 15applications are obvious: Infra-red mouse, remote control for your TV 16tuner card or CD-ROM, shutdown by remote, program your VCR and/or 17satellite tuner with your computer, etc. 18