--- daemons/lircd.c	2008/05/09 18:40:59	5.77

+++ daemons/lircd.c	2008/08/21 18:39:25	5.78

@@ -515,10 +515,13 @@

 		{

 			if(!hw.init_func())

 			{

-				shutdown(clis[0],2);

-				close(clis[0]);

-				clin=0;

-				dosigterm(SIGTERM);

+				logprintf(LOG_WARNING,

+					  "Failed to initialize hardware");

+				/* Don't exit here, otherwise lirc

+				 * bails out, and lircd exits, making

+				 * it impossible to connect to when we

+				 * have a device actually plugged

+				 * in. */

 			}

 		}

 	}