I identified that this was blocking in the lirc init scripts on my system because of the file writes to /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols file.
I don't know enough to troubleshoot further what it is that is causing this file write to hang. I also couldn't find any documentation with a brief google as to what this file actually does or why it is needed for lirc. Changing the /etc/init.d/lirc script as follows stopped this behaviour. #DISABLE_KERNEL_SUPPORT=true DISABLE_KERNEL_SUPPORT=false This caused no issues on my system, which is using both a USB DViCO IR receiver as well as an IR blaster. Ugly hack and would be interested to get more information on how to troubleshoot further to identify the root cause of the hang. Re #3 above, this patch is already applied to the lirc drivers in the kernel so not required. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196389 Title: package lirc 0.9.0-0ubuntu3 failed to fully install, stop, uninstall or anything else Status in “lirc” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've been having lots of trouble with lirc since upgrading to 13.04. When the system boots, lirc seems to freeze and also blocks other daemons like LCDd and a few other from running. When I try to remove lirc it freezes the process. I found that trying to stop the lirc service also causes a freeze. I found a workaround where I could remove the stop command from the /var/lib/dpkg/info/lirc.prerm; purge lirc; reboot; reinstall lirc and everything worked fine unless I tried to stop lirc by any means, including reboot. If I tried to reboot, it would freeze. However, I'm not unable to use this workaround as I can no longer get lirc to install properly at all. When it starts the service just after popping up the config screen on install, it freezes. I've had do kill dpkg which has caused some other issues that I should be able to fix. But no matter how many times I try to purge lirc, reboot and reinstall, I can't get it to install anymore. I use this PC as an HTPC and need lirc support or I'm going to need to learn a new distro, which I don't look forward to. Please help! ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: lirc 0.9.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 AptOrdering: lirc: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jun 30 20:26:38 2013 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Killed) InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-14 (198 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lirc Title: package lirc 0.9.0-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Killed) UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-18 (43 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1196389/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
