[mythtv-users] No LIRC on frontend restart

[David]

I had this exact problem earliewr tonight.

Matt Hannan wrote:

>OK, so I am now fully updated and running
>lirc-0.7.0-25_cvs20040311.rh9.at.
>
>Still no good. When I shutdown the frontend and then go back into it, I
>do not have remote control.
>
>Is this lirc-0.7-pre4 newer than this cvs?
>Hmmmm. I think I just answered my own question. pre4 is dated Mar 25.
>Should I go with the pre4 or stick with this cvs?
>  
>
[snip]
This fixed it straight away.

>>>What's your setup and versions etc?  I'm using the IR on a PVR-350 
>>>with kernel 2.6 patched with flameeyes patch (for lirc) and 
>>>lirc-0.07pre4.  I had the exact same problem you describe.  rmmod 
>>>lirc_i2c and then modprobe lirc_i2c would fix it so a client could 
>>>connect again.  To fix this permanantly I had to edit lirc_dev.c in 
>>>the kernel sources and change line 159
>>>From:                      if (ir->shutdown || !ir->open) {
>>>To:                        if (ir->shutdown) {
>>>
>>>Then recompile and reinstall lirc-0.07pre4
>>>
>>>Malcolm
>>>      
>>>
Thanks Malcolm