[mythtv-users] My upgrade from Mythbuntu 10.10 to 12.04

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Hika,

Sunday, February 23, 2014, 4:22:35 AM, you wrote:

> Hoi Will,

> Sunday, February 23, 2014, 3:44:43 AM, you wrote:

>> On 2/22/14, 9:01 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:56:48 -0500, you wrote:
>>>> With this change, I found that it was hanging on K19lirc.  My workaround
>>>> here is to remove both /etc/rc0.d/K19lirc and /etc/rc6.d/K19lirc.  I
>>>> can't imagine any negative aspect of rebooting without "cleaning up"
>>>> lircd, or whatever K19lirc is doing.  But the system reboots fine now.
>>> 
>>> I have a similar problem on my laptop, which I have not yet figured
>>> out the exact cause for.  In my case, I found that unplugging my
>>> Hauppauge HVR-900 R2 USB tuner before shutting down fixed the problem.
>>> So I would be interested to know if you have a Hauppauge tuner with an
>>> IR remote interface that might be causing the lockup for you.


>> I have a homebrew IR receiver that lives on a serial port.   I also have
>> an HD-PVR, which also has an IR receiver and transmitter, but I don't
>> use either.    I'm not sure which may be related to the problem, but if
>> removing the shutdown script was enough to address the shutdown problem,
>> that's good enough for me!



>> -WD

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> Your serial driver is one of those that didn't move in kernel. So it
> works the old way. Most other now are in kernel and use
> /dev/input/event? in stead of /dev/lirc?. As far as I know lirc only
> has to close it's socket on shutdown so little problem there.
> It could be the problem with shutdown are the receiver/transmitter on
> your card that aren't properly initialised with the new in-kernel
> input layer drivers.

> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

> De lerende Mens
> --


I forgot. I've also seen problems with the old style lirc drivers
alongside the new style drivers. 

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
Het eeuwige dilemma
Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

De lerende Mens
--