[mythtv-users] lirc (usb) stops working after a while (hal issue?)

[jgmtfia Mr]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 05:34, Simon Ferber <simon at ist-schlau.de> wrote:

>> I found a strange behaviour I can't stop: If MythTV is up and running and
>> nobody uses it for a while (e.g. 30 minutes), the remote isn't working at
>> all. If I push the power button (at the PC, not the one on the remote) very
>> shortly, it starts working again as if nothing happened. The logs doesn't
>> show any change though.
>> As the workaround "pushing the power button" always solved it temporary, I
>> think it's caused by the hal power management. I tried to add
>> usbcore.autosuspend=-1, but the behaviour didn't change.
>> Or does xorg with it's event interface blocks the remote?
>
> Yesterday I tested with acpid running and without acpid running. Same
> effect: After a while not using the remote, it doesn't react on key presses.
> One short push onto the PCs power button and the remote is up and running.

I have also noticed a similar pattern of behavior, but use a keypress
on the attached keyboard to bring the system back to a state where it
listens to the lirc remote.