--- 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. */
 			}
 		}
 	}