Re: irw/lircd stops working after 3-6 key presses

[Mike K. <mik...@vx...>]

The rub is...there's nothing questionable in dmesg/daemon/messages...app
works then gets bogged down and is slow to respond.

I have all required kernel modules loaded (lirc_dev, lirc_mceusb,
lirc_mceusb2, ??) otherwise irw would never respond as it does...for a
few presses.

I actually got lead from Ubuntu forums that my problem <may> be due to
Nvidia driver...fellow had same exact problems. Will be testing tonight.

<quote>
...for some reason X.org would shoot up to using 100% CPU intermittently
which would delay processing from LIRC. HAd to add the "UseEvents" "on"
Option to my xorg nvidia device section which solved this problem on all
my nvidia frontends....
<quote/>

Nvidia is common denominator across all computers I'm testing.

I will be very happy to have this fixed...lirc is only issue now with my
server.


mike

Matt Nelson wrote:
> You can run a strace on lircd and see if it gives you any direction as
> to what is wrong.
>
> If that does not help if you will give use some more verbose output of
> what you are typing, and what you are getting back that would help. 
> Also if you can show us what modules are loaded, ie:
>
> # lsmod | egrep -i "ir|mce"
> dm_mirror              60617  0
> dm_mod                 99737  2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
> lirc_mceusb2           45572  1
> lirc_dev               46408  1 lirc_mceusb2
>
>
> These are the modules I have loaded for my mce ir receiver.  Also post
> anything if you see anything that is questionable in your
> /var/log/lircd, or appropriate logs.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Mike Klein <mik...@vx...
> <mailto:mik...@vx...>> wrote:
>
>     Tested on yet another box...an older Toshiba P25-S609 laptop which
>     I had
>     working perfect with lirc a year or more ago.
>
>     Same problem (with mceusb2 and iguanaIR)...lirc works for a few
>     keypresses and then hangs...only waking back up 10sec later for a
>     press
>     or two and then hanging again.
>
>     So I've tested ubuntu-current lirc in addition to building latest from
>     source...
>     Against 2 different IR dongles (mceusb and iguanaIR)
>     On 4 different machines (piii-500, tabletpc, P25-s609 and Quadcore
>     server)
>     All running ubuntu 8.10.
>
>     Throw me a bone guys please...what can I do to troubleshoot
>     further? As
>     I state below...dmesg and logs are clean and running lirc in
>     foreground
>     shows nada.
>
>
>     mike
>
>     Mike Klein wrote:
>     > A bit more info.
>     >
>     > Testing with msoft old usb receiver usb dongle and remote...and a
>     > completely different system. This is a quadcore w/ubuntu 8.10
>     32-bit,
>     > 4gb, ...
>     >
>     > The dongle registers as:
>     >
>     > Jan 30 21:03:41 father kernel: [ 3742.496907] usb 5-1: new full
>     speed
>     > USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
>     > Jan 30 21:03:41 father kernel: [ 3742.738582] usb 5-1:
>     configuration #1
>     > chosen from 1 choice
>     > Jan 30 21:03:41 father kernel: [ 3742.741095] lirc_dev:
>     > lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 80
>     >
>     > Same symptoms but I can get more presses out until it fails (like
>     > 10-15). After waiting 5-20 secs I can get a few more presses in
>     (shown
>     > via irw) before it seems to hang.
>     >
>     > Nothing in dmesg/daemons.log/messages.
>     >
>     > I am using latest ubuntu version of lirc/modules and building for
>     > remote=usb mce old and transmitter = usb2/motorola as I have a
>     Comcast
>     > digital cable box.
>     >
>     > I have successfully built lirc in the past and had none of these
>     issues.
>     > Now it's starting to be the hangup in my linuxmce plans.
>     >
>     >
>     > mike
>     >
>     > Mike Klein wrote:
>     >
>     >> Any ideas of what my cause failure after a few presses? Nada in
>     >> logs/dmesg/etc.
>     >>
>     >> I've just built-out my core/mythbackend and lirc will be kind of
>     >> important to overall solution.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> mike
>     >>
>     >> Mike Klein wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> I have a tx1410us tabletpc running ubuntu 8.10 32-bit.
>     >>>
>     >>> I have used stock lirc from distro and 8.4.a...and with both
>     mceusb
>     >>> dongles and iguanaIR prototype.
>     >>>
>     >>> Using mode2 or iguana's diagnostics don't show anything out of the
>     >>> ordinary...and they continue to work.
>     >>>
>     >>> It's lircd that seems to fail after just a few presses.
>     >>>
>     >>> I've looked for extra debug output/etc. but can't find anything.
>     >>>
>     >>> This equipment works flawlessly under Vista or XP MCE.
>     >>>
>     >>> I will try under Windows with WinLIRC perhaps just for
>     laughs...but this
>     >>> can't be my permanent solution.
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> mike
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
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