[mythtv-users] Long delays with remote occasionally

[Johnny Russ]

>
>
> Has anyone had any luck in resolving this yet?  I just had a forced
> machine upgrade (motherboard failure), and am seeing this issue, and
> because so much has changed (new motherboard, video card, fresh OS and
> Myth installation) I can't isolate the exact change that caused it.
> My symptoms sound similar -- every so often (usually a couple times an
> hour at least), there's no response for several minutes to any remote
> commands.  The light on the original MCE USB receiver flashes, and
> "irw" shows the button presses, so it appears that lirc is receiving
> the IR commands properly.  Eventually, Myth responds to some of the
> old commands.  This really sounds like a mythfrontend issue to me, but
> I don't know how to
>
> Hardware:  Pentium 4 630 (2.8Ghz), Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2 motherboard,
> original MS MCE USB receiver (but using the Philips 1181 IR codes).
>
> OS:  Fedora 9, kernel 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686
>
> mythfrontend --version: (latest 0.21-fixes from ATRPMS)
>  Please include all output in bug reports.
>  MythTV Version   : 18753M
>  MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
>  Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
>  Network Protocol : 40
>  Options compiled in:
>   linux release using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_jack
> using_backend using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend
> using_hdhomerun using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu
> using_libfftw3 using_lirc using_opengl_vsync using_opengl_video
> using_v4l   using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmcw
> using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb using_bindings_perl
> using_bindings_python using_opengl using_ffmpeg_threads
> using_libavc_5_3 using_live
>
> hwclk --debug reports no errors.
>
> This is a severe WAF hindrance, to say the least :-)
>
> I'm going to try tonight to install from the older RPMs I had on the
> previous system's HD partition and see if I can better isolate, but
> I'm not confident in that and was hoping someone had figured out the
> cause.
>

I am still seeing this same behavior with similar hardware and a similar
remote. I haven't been able to figure it out, either. I would love to find
the cause.
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