[mythtv-users] lircd goes into locked state

Nick knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Mon Jun 26 05:25:42 UTC 2006


On 26/06/06, Matthew Hall <matt at angui.sh> wrote:
>
> I've seen a few lircd questions, so I thought I'd ask mine.
>
> I have a Silverstone LC16M with the remote that came with
> it working fine. Using the lirc_imon kernel modules, I can
> launch lircd, and then attach with irw to view all the
> events as I hit the buttons on my remote.
>
> After about 20-25 events, irw stops telling me what buttons
> I'm pushing. lircd appears locked. A kill -9 does nothing.
> I can't unload the kernel modules. At this point, I have
> no choice but to reboot the system, since I can't get lircd
> stopped and restarted.

Aside from checking the syslog in case there are any useful messages
there, I'd consider posting this message to the lirc users list if you
don't get any satisfaction here:

http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=5444

Nick

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