diff --git a/src/driver/fade.cpp b/src/driver/fade.cpp
index 3af188521..daefa3696 100644
--- a/src/driver/fade.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/fade.cpp
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ void COSDFader::StartFadeIn()
 	fadeIn = true;
 	fadeOut = false;
 	fadeValue = 100;
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-	frameBuffer->setBlendMode(CNXTFB_BLEND_MODE_UNIFORM_ALPHA); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#else
 	frameBuffer->setBlendMode(2); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#endif
 
 	frameBuffer->setBlendLevel(fadeValue);
 #if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE || HAVE_DUCKBOX_HARDWARE || (HAVE_COOL_HARDWARE && defined(BOXMODEL_CS_HD2))
@@ -79,11 +75,7 @@ bool COSDFader::StartFadeOut()
 	if ((!fadeOut) && g_settings.widget_fade) {
 		fadeOut = true;
 		fadeTimer = g_RCInput->addTimer( FADE_TIME, false );
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		frameBuffer->setBlendMode(CNXTFB_BLEND_MODE_UNIFORM_ALPHA); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#else
 		frameBuffer->setBlendMode(2); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#endif
 		ret = true;
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -93,11 +85,7 @@ void COSDFader::StopFade()
 {
 	if ( fadeIn || fadeOut ) {
 		g_RCInput->killTimer(fadeTimer);
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		frameBuffer->setBlendMode(CNXTFB_BLEND_MODE_PER_PIXEL); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#else
 		frameBuffer->setBlendMode(1); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#endif
 #if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE || HAVE_DUCKBOX_HARDWARE || (HAVE_COOL_HARDWARE && defined(BOXMODEL_CS_HD2))
 		usleep(60000);
 #endif
@@ -124,11 +112,7 @@ bool COSDFader::FadeDone()
 			fadeValue = max_alpha;
 			g_RCInput->killTimer (fadeTimer);
 			fadeIn = false;
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-			frameBuffer->setBlendMode(CNXTFB_BLEND_MODE_PER_PIXEL); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#else
 			frameBuffer->setBlendMode(1); // Global alpha multiplied with pixel alpha
-#endif
 #if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE || HAVE_DUCKBOX_HARDWARE || (HAVE_COOL_HARDWARE && defined(BOXMODEL_CS_HD2))
 			usleep(60000);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp b/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp
index e66770c8f..8a6b42767 100644
--- a/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp
@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ fb_pixel_t * CFbAccelCSHD2::getBackBufferPointer() const
 
 void CFbAccelCSHD2::setBlendMode(uint8_t mode)
 {
-	if (ioctl(fd, FBIO_SETBLENDMODE, mode))
+	uint8_t arg = CNXTFB_BLEND_MODE_PER_PIXEL;
+	if (mode == 2)
+		arg = CNXTFB_BLEND_MODE_UNIFORM_ALPHA;
+	if (ioctl(fd, FBIO_SETBLENDMODE, arg))
 		printf("FBIO_SETBLENDMODE failed.\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/driver/rcinput.cpp b/src/driver/rcinput.cpp
index 1678addeb..35c0a5542 100644
--- a/src/driver/rcinput.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/rcinput.cpp
@@ -174,49 +174,9 @@ bool CRCInput::checkdev()
 	return true; /* need to check anyway... */
 }
 
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-bool CRCInput::checkdev_lnk(std::string lnk)
-{
-	static struct stat info;
-	if (lstat(lnk.c_str(), &info) != -1) {
-		if (S_ISLNK(info.st_mode)) {
-			std::string tmp = readLink(lnk);
-			if (!tmp.empty()) {
-				if (lstat(tmp.c_str(), &info) != -1) {
-					if (S_ISCHR(info.st_mode))
-						return true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
-
 bool CRCInput::checkpath(in_dev id)
 {
 	for (std::vector<in_dev>::iterator it = indev.begin(); it != indev.end(); ++it) {
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		if ((id.type == DT_LNK) || ((*it).type == DT_LNK)) {
-			std::string check1, check2;
-			if (id.type == DT_LNK)
-				check1 = readLink(id.path);
-			else
-				check1 = id.path;
-
-			if ((*it).type == DT_LNK)
-				check2 = readLink((*it).path);
-			else
-				check2 = (*it).path;
-
-			if ((!check1.empty()) && (!check2.empty()) && (check1 == check2)) {
-				printf("[rcinput:%s] skipping already opened %s => %s\n", __func__, id.path.c_str(), check1.c_str());
-				return true;
-			}
-			else
-				return false;
-		}
-#endif
 		if ((*it).path == id.path) {
 			printf("[rcinput:%s] skipping already opened %s\n", __func__, id.path.c_str());
 			return true;
@@ -245,23 +205,24 @@ void CRCInput::open(bool recheck)
 
 	while ((dentry = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
 	{
-		if ((dentry->d_type != DT_CHR)
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		&& (dentry->d_type != DT_LNK)
-#endif
-		) {
-			d_printf("[rcinput:%s] skipping '%s'\n", __func__, dentry->d_name);
-			continue;
-		}
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		if ((dentry->d_type == DT_LNK) && (!checkdev_lnk("/dev/input/" + std::string(dentry->d_name)))) {
-			d_printf("[rcinput:%s] skipping '%s'\n", __func__, dentry->d_name);
-			continue;
-		}
-		id.type = dentry->d_type;
-#endif
-		d_printf("[rcinput:%s] considering '%s'\n", __func__, dentry->d_name);
 		id.path = "/dev/input/" + std::string(dentry->d_name);
+		/* hack: on hd2, the device is called "/dev/cs_ir",
+		   there are links in /dev/input: pointing to it nevis_ir and event0 (WTF???)
+		   so if nevis_ir points to cs_ir, accept it, even though it is a symlink...
+		   a better solution would be to simply mknod /dev/input/nevis_ir c 240 0, creating
+		   a second instance of /dev/cs_ir named /dev/input/nevis_ir (or to fix the driver
+		   to actually create a real event0 device via udev)
+		   Note: i'm deliberately not using event0, because this might be replaced by a "real"
+		   event0 device if e.g. an USB keyboard is plugged in*/
+		if (dentry->d_type == DT_LNK &&
+		    id.path == "/dev/input/nevis_ir") {
+			if (readLink(id.path) != "/dev/cs_ir")
+				continue;
+		} else if (dentry->d_type != DT_CHR) {
+			d_printf("[rcinput:%s] skipping '%s'\n", __func__, dentry->d_name);
+			continue;
+		}
+		d_printf("[rcinput:%s] considering '%s'\n", __func__, dentry->d_name);
 		if (checkpath(id))
 			continue;
 		id.fd = ::open(id.path.c_str(), O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC);
@@ -1382,7 +1343,7 @@ void CRCInput::getMsg_us(neutrino_msg_t * msg, neutrino_msg_data_t * data, uint6
 				}
 
 				uint32_t trkey = translate(ev.code);
-				d_printf("key: %04x value %d, translate: %04x -%s-\n", ev.code, ev.value, trkey, getKeyName(trkey).c_str());
+				printf("key: %04x value %d, translate: %04x -%s-\n", ev.code, ev.value, trkey, getKeyName(trkey).c_str());
 				if (trkey == RC_nokey)
 					continue;
 
@@ -1815,11 +1776,7 @@ void CRCInput::set_rc_hw(ir_protocol_t ir_protocol, unsigned int ir_address)
 	}
 	int fd = -1;
 	for (std::vector<in_dev>::iterator it = indev.begin(); it != indev.end(); ++it) {
-		if (((*it).path == "/dev/input/nevis_ir")
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		    || ((*it).path == "/dev/input/input0")
-#endif
-		){
+		if ((*it).path == "/dev/input/nevis_ir") {
 			fd = (*it).fd;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/driver/rcinput.h b/src/driver/rcinput.h
index 450dd4dd7..d2c29e50f 100644
--- a/src/driver/rcinput.h
+++ b/src/driver/rcinput.h
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ class CRCInput
 		{
 			int fd;
 			std::string path;
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-			int type;
-#endif
 		};
 
 		uint32_t               timerid;
@@ -170,9 +167,6 @@ class CRCInput
 		void open(bool recheck = false);
 		bool checkpath(in_dev id);
 		bool checkdev();
-#ifdef BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-		bool checkdev_lnk(std::string lnk);
-#endif
 		void close();
 		int translate(int code);
 		void calculateMaxFd(void);
diff --git a/src/gui/keybind_setup.cpp b/src/gui/keybind_setup.cpp
index 1e835cc30..bd6af76e7 100644
--- a/src/gui/keybind_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/keybind_setup.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ int CKeybindSetup::showKeySetup()
 #endif
 
 	cc = new CMenuOptionNumberChooser(LOCALE_KEYBINDINGMENU_REPEATBLOCK,
-		&g_settings.repeat_blocker, true, 0, 999, NULL,
+		&g_settings.repeat_blocker, true, 0, 999, this,
 		CRCInput::convertDigitToKey(shortcut++), NULL, 0, 0, LOCALE_OPTIONS_OFF);
 	cc->setNumberFormat(ms_number_format);
 	cc->setNumericInput(true);
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int CKeybindSetup::showKeySetup()
 	keySettings->addItem(cc);
 
 	cc = new CMenuOptionNumberChooser(LOCALE_KEYBINDINGMENU_REPEATBLOCKGENERIC,
-		&g_settings.repeat_genericblocker, true, 0, 999, NULL,
+		&g_settings.repeat_genericblocker, true, 0, 999, this,
 		CRCInput::convertDigitToKey(shortcut++), NULL, 0, 0, LOCALE_OPTIONS_OFF);
 	cc->setNumberFormat(ms_number_format);
 	cc->setNumericInput(true);
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index a051e97b0..1b28470df 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -3608,7 +3608,7 @@ int CNeutrinoApp::handleMsg(const neutrino_msg_t _msg, neutrino_msg_data_t data)
 		return messages_return::handled;
 	}
 	if ((msg >= CRCInput::RC_WithData) && (msg < CRCInput::RC_WithData + 0x10000000)) {
-		INFO("###################################### DELETED msg %x data %x\n", msg, data);
+		INFO("###################################### DELETED msg %lX data %lX\n", msg, data);
 		delete [] (unsigned char*) data;
 		return messages_return::handled;
 	}
diff --git a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
index a228f09b9..49f9bee1f 100644
--- a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
+++ b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
@@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ void CControlAPI::RCEmCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 #endif
 	int evd = open(EVENTDEV, O_RDWR);
 	if (evd < 0) {
+		perror("opening " EVENTDEV " failed");
 		hh->SendError();
-		perror("opening event0 failed");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (rc_send(evd, sendcode, KEY_PRESSED) < 0) {
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ void CControlAPI::RCEmCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 	}
 	if (rc_send(evd, sendcode, KEY_RELEASED) < 0) {
 		perror("writing 'KEY_RELEASED' event failed");
-		close(evd);
 		hh->SendError();
+		close(evd);
 		return;
 	}
 	close(evd);
diff --git a/src/rcsim.c b/src/rcsim.c
index 2ae56a39c..ccfdb6c59 100644
--- a/src/rcsim.c
+++ b/src/rcsim.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv){
 #if defined (EVENTDEV)
 	evd=open (EVENTDEV,O_RDWR);
 	if (evd<0){
-		perror ("opening event0 failed");
+		perror ("opening " EVENTDEV " failed");
 		return 1;
 	}
 #else