[mythtv-users] irblaster, knoppmyth 5.5

[Wayne Richards]

I just bought a serial IRblaster, and ran mythtv-setup choosing COM1 and
DCT2000.  I get irsend errors:

root at mythtv:/etc/irblaster# change-channel-lirc.sh 30
irsend: could not connect to socket
irsend: No such file or directory
irsend: could not connect to socket
irsend: No such file or directory

root at mythtv:/etc/irblaster# ls -l /dev/irblaster*
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 61, 0 Mar 17 17:51 /dev/irblaster
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root     0 Mar 17 17:51 /dev/irblasterd

root at mythtv:/etc/irblaster# lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_serial            16404  0 
lirc_dev               16132  1 lirc_serial

root at mythtv:/etc/irblaster# cat hardware.conf 
# /etc/irblaster/hardware.conf 
# 
#  Author: Greg Frost 

# The COM Port used by the IRBlaster. Set it to COM1 COM2 or "".
IRBLASTER_SERIAL_PORT="COM1"

root at mythtv:/etc/irblaster# /etc/init.d/irblaster restart
Stopping irblaster daemon: irblasterd.
Starting irblaster daemon:.

Any suggestions for trouble-shooting?

Wayne