I suspect the patch at http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-960130-start-0.html#7313702 may help, but I don't know enough about compiling kernel modules to test this myself.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1124581 Title: 3.8 kernel breaks irexec Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Problem: lirc hangs forever when I have a lircrc file when I use 3.8. 3.7 and previous kernels worked fine on Ubuntu 12.04 where I originally did some tests. How to reproduce: (1) Start 13.04 live cd (2) sudo apt-get install lirc (3) sudo nano /etc/lirc/lircrc (4) copy your config, here is mine: begin #blabla remote = devinput button = KEY_POWER prog = irexec repeat = 0 config = python /home/script.py end More informations on how I found the problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12502459&postcount=1 More informations on why I had to try the latest kernel: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1094904 All the informations concerning my 12.04 installation are available here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1094904 I didn't take time to get outputs from the live cd. I used the daily live cd available on the 10th of february. --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.8.0-030800rc7-generic i686 UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1124581/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
