I think I'm suffering from same problem! =D LIRC just stopped working several days ago, and I found this lines in daemon log:
Mar 28 00:35:26 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:36:50 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:38:02 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:38:11 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: removed client Mar 28 00:38:20 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:38:29 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: removed client Mar 28 00:38:41 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: removed client Mar 28 00:38:49 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:38:56 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:39:03 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: removed client Mar 28 00:39:09 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 28 00:39:16 gryphon lircd-0.8.3[6481]: removed client Something removes my lirc client constantly! These lines repeat over and over through log! I've attached lshal output... ** Attachment added: "lshal.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24465260/lshal.txt -- lirc based applications can not get exclusive access to /dev/input interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164627 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs