this actually turned out to be a lirc maintainer script bug. the "old" and "new" remotes were being set identically for noninteractive reconfiguration mode. they need to be different for it to work properly. to be honest, it's quite surprising it worked as well as it did with this bug!
** Branch unlinked: lp:~mythbuntu/mythbuntu/mythbuntu-common ** Branch unlinked: lp:~mythbuntu/mythbuntu/mythbuntu-control-centre ** Changed in: mythbuntu Importance: Medium => High ** Changed in: mythbuntu Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Changed in: mythbuntu Milestone: None => jaunty-release ** Also affects: lirc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Disabling serial IR transmitter in MCC does not work. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281575 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs