[mythtv-users] Lirc not working after update

[Nick]

On 31/10/05, Minh Duong <minh_duong at yahoo.com> wrote:
> After I updated using apt-get update and apt-get
> dist-upgrade, lirc seems not to be working. I searched
> the archived and there was some discussion at the
> beginning of the month with FC4, but so solution was
> posted.  For some reason, /dev/lirc is not being
> created.  Instead there is /dev/lircd.  When trying to
> load the module manually with modprobe lirc_i2c, the
> module won't load.  From the log files:
>
> ----
> Oct 30 17:39:38 star lircd-0.7.2[2654]: lircd(any)
> ready
> Oct 30 17:39:38 star lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> Oct 30 17:39:57 star lircd-0.7.2[2654]: accepted new
> client on /dev/lircd
> Oct 30 17:39:57 star lircd-0.7.2[2654]: could not get
> file information for /dev/lirc
> Oct 30 17:39:57 star lircd-0.7.2[2654]:
> default_init(): No such file or directory
> Oct 30 17:39:57 star lircd-0.7.2[2654]: caught signal
> ---
>
> Where should I start looking to fix this?  Thanks in
> advance.

I'd check to see whether /dev/lirc0 is being created instead (you
don't mention this but I'd guess it isn't). You can start LIRC using
this instead of /dev/lirc - edit the lircd daemon file.

Also check to make sure you have a suitable udev rule for lirc (check
in /etc/udev/rules IIRC) this is what controls the creation and
deletion of devices on FC3/4.

Otherwise, there is the option of downgrading to an earlier version of
LIRC to see whether this improves things for you.

Good luck,
Nick