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lirc_dev does not work / high load

Bug #555863 reported by Benjamin Drung on 2010-04-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #550369: Hauppauge TV Card is detected as Leadtek IR in lucid. Edit Remove

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	lirc (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I start irw and press any key on the remote control, the key is not recognized by irw. Instead, lirc_dev produces a high CPU load and the kernel log shows continuously the error message "i2c i2c-1: sendbytes: NAK bailout".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-19-generic 2.6.32-19.28
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC3: privat 1303 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: privat 1303 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2: privat 1303 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'CK8S'/'NVidia CK8S with ALC850 at irq 20'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC850 rev 0'
   Components : 'AC97a:414c4790'
   Controls : 42
   Simple ctrls : 27
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'UART'/'MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 5'
   Mixer name : ''
   Components : ''
   Controls : 0
   Simple ctrls : 0
Card1.Amixer.values:

Card2.Amixer.info:
Card hw:2 'Bt878'/'Brooktree Bt878 at 0xeeaff000, irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'Bt87x'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 3
   Simple ctrls : 5
Card3.Amixer.info:
Card hw:3 'U0xeb1a0x2801'/'USB Device 0xeb1a:0x2801 at usb-0000:00:02.2-1, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USBeb1a:2801'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card3.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 16
   Mono: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
Date: Mon Apr 5 19:03:28 2010
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d24a29c7-fb4c-5b88-d182-26c0e14dab9a
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100405)
MachineType: ASUSTek Computer Inc. K8N
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=74c1e79a-b62d-4465-a4b1-1cb3b3159aab ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.33
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 02/16/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1011.005
dmi.board.name: 'K8N'
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1011.005:bd02/16/2006:svnASUSTekComputerInc.:pnK8N:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn'K8N':rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: K8N
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTek Computer Inc.

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2010-04-05:

AlsaDevices.txt Edit (943 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (279 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (647 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (41.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt Edit (732 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.regs.txt Edit (767 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card2.Amixer.values.txt Edit (795 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (17.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (517 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (11.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (442 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (570 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (107.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (249.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (505.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Pim van den Berg (pommib) wrote on 2010-04-22:

I have this problem too. There are no problems when running kernel 2.6.31-20-generic.
I am using a Hauppauge WinTV PCI, bt878 chipset.

It looks like this is exactly the same problem:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573675

When running kernel 2.6.31-20-generic:
Apr 17 10:18:57 localhost kernel: [ 32.076303] lirc_i2c: chip 0x10005 found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)

When running kernel 2.6.32-21-generic:
Apr 22 19:31:01 localhost kernel: [ 26.860619] lirc_i2c: chip 0x0 found @ 0x18 (Leadtek IR)

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote on 2010-04-28:

Hi Benjamin,

If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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tags:	added: kj-triage
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

Benjamin Drung (bdrung) on 2010-04-28

tags:

removed: needs-upstream-testing

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2010-04-28:

The upstream kernels do not contain lirc_dev. For the upstream kernel, I have to install lirc-modules-source. The mainline kernel 2.6.32-02063212 + lirc-modules-source have the same issue.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → New

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2010-04-28:

Maybe bug #550369 is related because I have this issue with a Hauppauge TV Card.

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Andrew Baerg (andrew-baerg) wrote on 2010-05-01:

I can confirm this bug on upgrade to lucid from karmic.

rebooting with kernel 2.6.31 fixed the issue - although I had to edit /etc/default/grub and comment out the following 2 lines to be able to choose the kernel at boot:

#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

after editing /etc/default/grub, I had to run:

sudo update-grub

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Andrew Baerg (andrew-baerg) wrote on 2010-05-01:

forgot to say that I also have a haupage tv card

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Greg (iskimj) wrote on 2010-05-06:

I have the same issue. Fails with 2.6.32 but works fine with 2.6.31. I tried the 2.6.33 kernel from the mainline, but the lirc modules fail to load. I'd have to compile the lirc modules for 2.6.33 but at this point I just want something that works and the old kernel will do until this is resolved.

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2010-05-06:

This bug is a duplicate of bug #550369. Please test the PPA package from there.