[mythtv-users] Remote control only works after restarting Mythtv

[Paul van Gerven]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Paul van Gerven
> <baloedebruinebeer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have been experiencing a nuisance ever since I switched from a rather
> > outdated guide to install Lirc in Ubuntu
> > (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_lirc_install) to just using
> > Lirc from the repository. When Mythtv is first started, the remote
> doesn't
> > work. When I exit and issue irw from a terminal, it sometimes works, and
> > sometimes it doesn't. The remarkable thing is that whenever I start Myth
> > again, the remote does work - always.
> >
> > I should add that I have a separate X server for running Mythtv on my TV.
> > The user is logged in automatically, and Myth starts after login using
> > Preferences > Session of Gnome. So now I cannot just hit the couch after
> > turning on the computer, because I have to exit and start Myth again.
> >
> > I am fully aware the easy solution is going back to that guide I
> mentioned.
> > However, Lirc installed that way kept breaking whenever updates came in.
> >
> > I am also fully aware this might not be a Myth problem, but I was hoping
> > people would be willing to help out anyway.
> >
> > I have been thinking to start the frontend with this 'script' as a
> > workaround:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > /usr/bin/mythfrontend &
> > sleep 5
> > pkill mythfrontend.re
> > /usr/bin/mythfrontend
> >
> > which works in a terminal, but not when I put it in Preferences >
> Session.
> > Any ideas?
> >
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> It sounds as though GDM might be starting before lirc.  I helped
> someone with a similar issue here:
>
> http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7644&highlight=gdm+lirc
>
> ...and here's a related bug:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/150480
>
> Tom
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Thanks, Tom, the problem was indeed gdm starting before lirc. Changing the
boot order fixed it.
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