[ltp] infrared and suspend on a T41

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:24:00 +0100


On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 10:03:46 -0800, obi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just recentely discover the joy of lirc. And simultaneously I
> discovered that the infrared port doesn't work after a suspend/resume
> cycle. I tried to compile in the kernel the pnp options, so that I can
> disable and renalbe the port, but to not avail. With ISA pnp, setpnp
> locks my machine (after I suspend/resume) and the ACPI pnp doesn't do the
> trick. 
> 
> Is anybody using the infrared port after a suspend/resume cycle? Is there
> a mgical incantation?

Not, but it's a known problem. The was already a request to add the
nsc-ircc module to the suspend2 blacklist. Removing the module before
suspend and reloading it after the resume should solve this. However, I
don't know if lirc has also to be stoppen and restarted when doing
this.

Regards,
Tino