On 6 August 2010 08:41, Peter Odéus <peter.odeus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The problem remains. In 9 times out of 10 vdr will fail to start due > to USB IR not being loaded by the time the script "runvdr" chmods the > permissions on input devices. > > /dev/input/event[1-4] are being loaded in time, but as I wrote, > /dev/input/event5 (my USB IR) fails to load in time for chmod to be > set correctly. > > How do I 1) postpone the execution of the "runvdr" script, set > appropriate permissions in some other way, or otherwise make the > problem disappear? > > Any suggestion is welcome Or how about that proxy plugin? It will continue to load vdr, and the proxy plugin will take care of the failures. > > My family loves the VDR-TV but they really hate the forced "open > console to manually start xine, only to realize that VDR did not start > correctly, followed by closing xine window, start vdr manually, > filling in sudo password, and finally start xine manually again." > > BR, Peter > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Peter Odéus <peter.odeus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The script 'runvdr' sets the following access permissions: chmod o+r >> /dev/input/event* >> >> But since the IR receiver on my USB NOVA-T Stick has not loaded to >> /dev/input/event5 when runvdr sets the permissions, vdr refuses to >> start properly when booting the machine. >> >> The error is stated as a "Permission denied" on the remote device >> >> By doing mv /etc/rc2.d/S20vdr /etc/rc2.d/S30vdr the problem goes away. >> >> I'm on Ubuntu Lucid btw. >> >> :D >> >> /Peter Odéus >> > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
