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[Mihaly <mgrubits@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm seeing this problem too.  Occasionally (maybe once a week) the
frontend stops responding to IR commands.  I believe it is only
happening while watching video (ie. live tv or a recording, not while
the frontend is displaying menu).

Running top shows nothing unusual (90%+ idle).  I ran an strace on lircd
during a no-response, the output is below:

)  = 1 (in [6])
gettimeofday({1268909834, 784876}, NULL) = 0
read(6, "\1\0\t\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8)       = 8
gettimeofday({1268909834, 784945}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 5 6 8], NULL, NULL, {0, 20000}) = 1 (in [6], left {0, 19998})
gettimeofday({1268909834, 784993}, NULL) = 0
read(6, "F\0\1\0\371\0\0\0"..., 8)      = 8
gettimeofday({1268909834, 785029}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1268909834, 785053}, NULL) = 0
write(5, "00010046000000f9 00 chup DVICO\n"..., 31) = 31
write(8, "00010046000000f9 00 chup DVICO\n"..., 31) = 31
gettimeofday({1268909834, 785191}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 5 6 8], NULL, NULL, NULL)  = 1 (in [6])
gettimeofday({1268909834, 912832}, NULL) = 0
read(6, "\1\0\t\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8)       = 8
gettimeofday({1268909834, 912889}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 5 6 8], NULL, NULL, {0, 20000}) = 1 (in [6], left {0, 19992})
gettimeofday({1268909834, 912951}, NULL) = 0
read(6, "F\0\1\0\371\200\0\0"..., 8)    = 8
gettimeofday({1268909834, 912986}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1268909834, 913010}, NULL) = 0
write(5, "00010046000000f9 01 chup DVICO\n"..., 31) = 31
write(8, "00010046000000f9 01 chup DVICO\n"..., 31) = 31
gettimeofday({1268909834, 913150}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 5 6 8], NULL, NULL, NULL

which kinda looks ok.  Also, when I ran irw the button presses printed
ok as I clicked on the remote.

So it looks like the remote & the IR software are ok.  Somehow the
commands aren't getting through to the frontend, or the frontend isn't
listening.

BTW, all software versions are as per Ubuntu 9.04.

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USB remote stops working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421276
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “lirc” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
In Mythbuntu 8.04 Microsoft Media Center USB Remote (new version) works with no problem. Doing a clean install of Mythbuntu 9.04 results in the remote only working for a very short period of time (less than 1 minute). Others have reported this with other remotes. 

Restarting LIRC with "/etc/init.d/LIRC restart" fails to restore operation. Running IRW in this state results in no detected button presses (though the LED on the front of the receiver lights up with each button press). A reboot is necessary to restore operation, though a power down and restart is the most successful at restoring operation.

I will start searching my logs to get some kind of data, but please feel free to let me know if there are any specific things you'd like me to try.