[mythtv-users] Re:Re:LIRC daemon refuses to start

[ray cielencki]

>Not even 5 minutes after getting home, I tried it. Or,
>at least I think I did. Still no luck :-(
>
>Here are my steps:
>
>1. Tried to do a search on contrib/lirc.redhat
>thinking it's on my system. No go.
>2. Google on lirc.redhat. Found a CVS 1.1 which I
>downloaded. Very small file.
>3. Copied it to my /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory and
>called it lircd. Funny, there was no such file in that
>directory previously.
>4. # chkconfig lircd
>5. The I went through Jarod's documentation line by
>line:
># /sbin/modprobe lirc_dev
># /sbin/modprobe lirc_dev
># /sbin/chkconfig lircd on
>
>This time, it didn't kick back an error, but I didn't
>get the OKs I was accustomed to seeing.
>
>Next:
># /sbin/service lircd start
>lircd: unrecognized service
>
>Still getting some sort of error. Dave, any thoughts?
>How did you get yours running? Step by step please.

you also need to make it executable:
# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/lircd

that should do it.
/rayc