[mythtv-users] irxevent doesn't work when invoked from blackbox session file.

Ryan Steffes rbsteffes at nc.rr.com
Sun Jul 18 20:38:28 EDT 2004


Will Dormann wrote:

> I currently have a blackbox session file that looks like this:
>
>     /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend &
>     /usr/local/bin/irxevent &
>     /usr/bin/blackbox
>
> When I boot up my MythTV machine, the remote doesn't work.   I'm using 
> an X10 Lola, FWIW.
>
> I can see that irxevent is running, but it's not responding to the 
> remote.   If I do a "killall irxevent" and then run irxevent again, 
> the remote works just fine.
>
> Anybody know how to get irxevent to start automatically?   I rarely 
> ever reboot my MythTV machine, but that's one thing that's keeping it 
> from being fully automatic from power-on to MythTV goodness.
>
> thanks
> -WD
>
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Shooting in the dark, a sleep may work, it could be that your irxevent 
is getting loaded before the modules are.


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