Comment 2 for bug 123557

before ubuntu, altlinux it was
http://www.altlinux.com/
ftp://ftp.altlinux.ru/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/i586/RPMS.classic
Sisyphus - is unstable distro, alike gutsy for now, i.e. repository of packages from which distros borning.

All times of using altlinux sisyphus by me - there are was different versions of kernel,alsa,lirc and it's all working.

i see two problem
1. lirc start before sound modules
2. something is barrier to send echo -e '\360\000\040\041\141\000\000\000\177\000\367' > /dev/snd/midiC0D1

and if 1. is fixes by restart lirc-service after full load, but 2. .... has no effect.