There's a known bug (fixed, but not yet in a release tarball or package) which causes this if LIRC is running and configured for a remote control but that remote control is not available. If it works when you try again but hangs if you retry after restarting LIRC ("sudo invoke-rc.d lirc restart"), you've hit that bug.
Is it this that you're seeing? -- [hardy] gxine hangs at startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211003 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