[mythtv-users] More LIRC Woes

[Dan Conti]

No, this is incorrect. irrecord and mode2 both connect directly to the raw
device and do not use the socket provided by lircd. irw, irxevent etc use
the lircd socket, which is only available when lircd is running.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Dan Morphis
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:04 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] More LIRC Woes
>
>
> Brian Rumple wrote:
>
> >  Irrecord won't get an input if lircd is running. Irrecord tries to
> >  access /dev/lirc (/dev/lirc/0) directly and both of them can't have
> >  it opened.
>
> Thats not quite true.  irrecord won't get an an input if irxevent is
> running.  But lircd HAS to be running for anything to work.
>
> -dan
>
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