[RichG]

It's not an OE issue it's the lirc_rpi kernel module, check dmesg when it happens and you should see some debugging messages about lirc_rpi. I believe the lirc_rpi module code needs some messaging to make it more compatible with newer kernel revisions.

I'm not using these builds, I'm using Raspbmc, but I also have IR problems and I don't think it's lirc_rpi. I only see problems with the numeric keys (but not just in live TV mode), and it works in an XBMC build from one month ago (same kernel, same firmware), so it's unlikely to be a kernel problem.

Yeah, I checked a week or so ago using current firmware and an old version of OE (I think a December Gotham build) and that worked fine.

That is interesting that you have issues in Rasbmc too, although they may not necessarily be related. It does show that something has become a little broken somewhere, most probably with XBMC itself.