stopping lirc .......... done and then nothing ???????????????????

Hi, I finally managed to make my Leadtek tvtuner to work with tv remote by compiling lirc ....all work ok except the pact that when I shutdown my linux (or when I restart) I got the message Stopping lirc ............................... done, and the bye bye shut down. I can wait for 1 hour or so and nothing happen, and I am obligatet to push the power button to stop my lininux box..... So any suigestion how to solve this ? PS Sorry for my english !