[mythtv-users] long delays responding to keystrokes and ir events

[Larry on the Dell Laptop]

Here is my two cents on this problem after reading all the other 
suggestions:

Adding  Option "UseEvents" "True"  did NOT fix the problem here.  It 
didn't hurt anything as far as I could tell. (See below for my versions)

When the backup of events happens,  the keyboard is also affected.   If 
I can't get the remote to respond, the keyboard pressed are  similarly 
delayed.

I'm very reluctant to upgrade at this time remembering some sad attempts 
in the past where an "upgrade" totally hosed my mythtv box.

Mike suggested on this list that the problem might be associated with 
the screensaver provided by gnome.  To test this theory, I entered on 
the command line (in a terminal) this command:

lj at mythtv:~$ pgrep -l gnome

and saw that **YES**,  the suspect gnome-screensav (er) was running! I 
thought I had disabled it:

lj at mythtv:~$ pgrep -l gnome
6478 gnome-session
6665 gnome-keyring-d
6671 gnome-settings-
6678 gnome-keyring-d
6685 gnome-panel
6728 gnome-power-man
6753 gnome-screensav

So  to test the theory that the gnome screen saver is somehow 
implicated,  I decided to stop the gnome screensaver from running 
temporarily (gone until I reboot) while I did some tests.   I did this:

lj at mythtv:~$ kill -9 6753

and then noted with another run of pgrep that screensav (er) process was 
indeed gone from the list:

lj at mythtv:~$ pgrep -l gnome
6478 gnome-session
6665 gnome-keyring-d
6671 gnome-settings-
6678 gnome-keyring-d
6685 gnome-panel
6728 gnome-power-man

Then I brought up an HD OTA recording of the Tonight Show and pressed 
down on the skip forward /skip backward buttons until my index finger 
went to sleep.     I could  not  trigger a  remote keypress delay failure!

Could someone else try this using the steps above  and confirm the 
gnome-screensav (er) theory?  Please post your results under the subject 
noted above.   I'll run for a few days and see if the delay resurfaces. 
(Its Sunday March 29,2009) then report my results here.  My better half 
will thank you!

Larry

FYI, here are my mythbuntu 8.10 with gnome versions on the affected 
mythtv box:

lj at mythtv:~$ mythbackend --version
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MythTV Version   : 18722
MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
Network Protocol : 40
Options compiled in:
 linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_jack using_backend 
using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun 
using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc 
using_opengl_vsync using_opengl_video using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr 
using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb 
using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_opengl 
using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live

lj at mythtv:~$ mythfrontend --version
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MythTV Version   : 18722
MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
Network Protocol : 40
Options compiled in:
 linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_jack using_backend 
using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun 
using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc 
using_opengl_vsync using_opengl_video using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr 
using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb 
using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_opengl 
using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live