[mythtv-users] Lirc's evil twin

[Mario Bernard]

>From: "Henrik Gammelmark" <mythtv at geemark.com>
>(1) Often I need to press the same key multiple times, or hold it down a 
>while until it is detected.

I have a running system since two years. I upgraded since february several new kernels, ivtv and mythtv, to fix a problem that I can not use s-video out.
Around April I noticed when mythfrontend was not used for more than two hours I need to repeatedly press a key to wake it up. Afterwards everything works great. No errors in dmesg. 
When I start irw parallel it notices all key presses, the already running programs miss the keys.
Restarting the frontend/irexec the first key pressed is recognized.
So this leaves out ivtv as the problem.
Also my system does not swap.

I went back to all kernels, lirc and ivtv packages I had in my yum cache, since february. The problem is reproducable in all of them.
Today I upgraded to 2.6.17-1.2142. So I let you know if it fixed the problem.
Mario

>(2) Even if I do not start lircd, there are no loaded lirc modules, 
>there are no /dev/lirc* devices, the number-keys makes myth react as 
>were they arrow keys
>
>This weird ghost service/driver/whatever seem to have priority over the 
>lircd process, and the phenomenom (1) also happens if I debug using 
>"irw" with all myth-related software shut down.
>
>What is this other process/driver and how do I disable it??
>
>By the way, I have ruled out any hardware problems by testing on an 
>entirely different system.