<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Tom Dexter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:digitalaudiorock@gmail.com">digitalaudiorock@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Paul van Gerven<br>
<<a href="mailto:baloedebruinebeer@gmail.com">baloedebruinebeer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I have been experiencing a nuisance ever since I switched from a rather<br>
> outdated guide to install Lirc in Ubuntu<br>
> (<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_lirc_install" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_lirc_install</a>) to just using<br>
> Lirc from the repository. When Mythtv is first started, the remote doesn't<br>
> work. When I exit and issue irw from a terminal, it sometimes works, and<br>
> sometimes it doesn't. The remarkable thing is that whenever I start Myth<br>
> again, the remote does work - always.<br>
><br>
> I should add that I have a separate X server for running Mythtv on my TV.<br>
> The user is logged in automatically, and Myth starts after login using<br>
> Preferences > Session of Gnome. So now I cannot just hit the couch after<br>
> turning on the computer, because I have to exit and start Myth again.<br>
><br>
> I am fully aware the easy solution is going back to that guide I mentioned.<br>
> However, Lirc installed that way kept breaking whenever updates came in.<br>
><br>
> I am also fully aware this might not be a Myth problem, but I was hoping<br>
> people would be willing to help out anyway.<br>
><br>
> I have been thinking to start the frontend with this 'script' as a<br>
> workaround:<br>
><br>
> #!/bin/sh<br>
> /usr/bin/mythfrontend &<br>
> sleep 5<br>
> pkill <a href="http://mythfrontend.re" target="_blank">mythfrontend.re</a><br>
> /usr/bin/mythfrontend<br>
><br>
> which works in a terminal, but not when I put it in Preferences > Session.<br>
> Any ideas?<br>
><br>
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It sounds as though GDM might be starting before lirc. I helped<br>
someone with a similar issue here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7644&highlight=gdm+lirc" target="_blank">http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7644&highlight=gdm+lirc</a><br>
<br>
...and here's a related bug:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/150480" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/150480</a><br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>Thanks, Tom, the problem was indeed gdm starting before lirc. Changing the boot order fixed it.<br><br>