Ubuntu
lirc package

lirc udev rule causes unreliable startup

Bug #499588 reported by Steffen Barszus
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lirc (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: lirc

The udev rule
/lib/udev/rules.d/85-lirc.rules
is causing a race condition. In the init script the drivers are loaded, which cause the udev rule to be executed which in turn restart the lirc. This leads to unreliable startup for lirc_serial or similar modules which are not loaded through udev/usb

I would suggest to either remove the udev rule or make sure the script can handle that

This is Ubuntu Karmic
# aptitude show lirc
Package: lirc
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.8.6-0ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 2507k

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Steffen Barszus (steffenbpunkt) wrote :

The udev rule fires at every startup. Those lirc is started and then restarting itself right away. This together with https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/460027 causing problems.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lirc - 0.9.4c-1

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lirc (0.9.4c-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
  * New tool irtext2udp.
  * Resolves build errors on kernels > 4.8.0A.
  * Most of patches upstreamed.

 -- Alec Leamas <email address hidden> Sat, 22 Oct 2016 14:52:05 +0200

Changed in lirc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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