[mythtv-users] LIRC Update and Rebooting

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jan 31, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Kenneth Emerson wrote:

> Just looking for a little information from the lirc experts on this list.
> 
> Last week, ubuntu issued an update for the lirc package which I installed after which, my remote stopped working.  I tried stopping/starting the lircd to no avail.  I used my keyboard for navigation until: The next day Ubuntu came out with a kernel update which I also installed and which, of course, required a reboot.  The reboot fixed the lirc problem.
> 
> My question is: If I have to update lirc again, what is the trick to get this subsystem working again without rebooting?  (After all, this isn't Windoze)

Sometimes mythfrontend needs to be restarted, as it seems to get a stale
handle on the lircd socket. If you already tried that, then I've got
nothing.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com