[mythtv-users] Long delays with remote occasionally

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Aug 30 19:23:32 UTC 2008


On 08/30/2008 03:00 PM, Allen Edwards wrote:
> I have seen this many times and today my wife had an example.  She 
> said the remote wasn't working any more.  I came in from the garage 
> and it wasn't working. I put it down on the table.  Then myth suddenly 
> responded to at least some, if not all, of my key presses.  I tell the 
> story to give an idea of the time frames involved. She was just 
> watching a recorded show and wanted to pause it.
>
> This happens now and then, not every day, but it is not rate either.
>
> I have a HDHR with the IR Rx on it and a very powerful (high ir 
> output) programmable remote.  I am running LIRC on a mythbuntu 8.04 
> updated system.  When it works, it works instantly with no noticeable 
> delay.
>
> Any logs I can look in?  Anyone know what causes this?  A cure?

Got a working real-time clock?  New kernels should be compiled without 
the rtc module and, instead, should use the rtc-core and an appropriate 
hardware-specific support (i.e. for PC's using rtc-cmos).  So, if you 
had previously configured your system to load rtc and it doesn't exist, 
now, and you haven't updated the configuration, it could cause problems 
like this.

Run "hwclock --debug" and see if you get errors.  If so, try "modprobe 
rtc-cmos" and see if all ("hwclock --debug" and LIRC) works better.

Mike


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