On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 00:28 +0200, Jonas Anden wrote: > If the sample below is what your "remote control errors" in syslog is, > the attached patch gets rid of it. > > --- > Aug 1 13:44:26 ragnyr kernel: dib0700: Unknown remote controller > key : 1E 2A > Aug 1 13:44:57 ragnyr last message repeated 206 times > Aug 1 13:45:58 ragnyr last message repeated 406 times > Aug 1 13:46:59 ragnyr last message repeated 407 times > Aug 1 13:48:00 ragnyr last message repeated 406 times > Aug 1 13:49:01 ragnyr last message repeated 406 times > Aug 1 13:50:02 ragnyr last message repeated 407 times > --- > > When an unknown key code is received, it is not eaten and the module > keeps yelling about it using printk()s. A bunch of times per second. > Until the next valid key code is received. And this happens as soon as > I > use any unsupported device (like power on/off my surround system). The > Nova-T IR receiver gets the IR code by accident and as a result the > module starts screaming. > > I'm not sure but this screaming possibly killed (rebooted) my box as > well. I applied the new code, tested it for a few hours, and then went > to bed last night. When I woke up the box had rebooted (no mentions of > why in syslog, though). After applying the attached patch, my system > has > been stable (about a 10 hours by now). I've tried this patch. Thanks Jonas. It didn't apply (Hunk failed) on a current tree, but it is simple enough to do by hand. It seems to calm down the messages, indeed. Is it good in the grand scheme? I am not able to judge. Is it good in the long term? Let's see. At least, it didn't break anything basic and obvious right away. Nico _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
