Public bug reported: I have an Antec case with an iMon knob device, as well as a serial port IR receiver. The knob produces events, so I don't need lirc for it. I also use the imon device for lcdproc. I run lirc, solely to communicate with the serial IR device. The current lirc init script attempts to modify the imon device in /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols. This is unnecessary, as I don't intend to use that device with lirc, and furthermore, for reasons unknown, it occasionally causes the computer to fail to shut down. I don't particularly care why echoing "none" to /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols hangs occasionally, because it isn't an operation that needs to be done at all on my system. I can edit the init script to prevent this happening, but I'd much prefer for there to be an option in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf to prevent in-kernel support from being disabled while i run lirc, and re-enabled when I stop it.
Attached is a patch with a suggested method. ** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038371 Title: disabling in-kernel support should be optional To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1038371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs