Kodi definitely works with the latest versions of Lirc and the problem is very easy to fix so stop downgrading your systems to an older version of Lirc!!!!
The problem is Kodi defaults to looking for a Lirc socket at /dev/lircd which doesn’t exist anymore. In Lirc > 0.9.0 the socket is now defined within the /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf file and defaults to /var/run/lirc/lircd. To get Kodi working with the latest versions of Lirc do one of the following: 1. Modify the /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf file and change the output variable to /dev/lircd. You’ll need to restart the lircd service or reboot. 2. Start Kodi with the -l argument and manually specify the Lirc socket. e.g: kodi -l /var/run/lirc/lircd 3. Modify the /lib/systemd/system/lircd.service to create a symlink from /dev/lircd to /var/run/lirc/lircd each time the lircd.service or system is restarted: e.g: Edit the file so it looks like the following. [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd –nodaemon ExecStartPost=/bin/ln -sf /var/run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd Reboot Lastly, and this maybe a problem specific to my setup, but I kept getting repeating remote button presses the first time I started Kodi after a reboot. Launching Kodi a second time and the problem was gone. I found that disabling the lircd-uinput service fixed the problem and now Kodi starts up properly and my remote works perfectly. e.g: sudo systemctl disable lircd-uinput.service What I still cannot get working is the lirc-setup app (which replaces dpkg-reconfigure lirc). I’ve tried doing pip3 install /usr/share/lirc/lirc-0.10.0.tar.gz suggested elsewhere but just more errors. I don’t really need it as I can manually edit the conf files; not to mention the defaults (using the devinput driver) worked with my MCEUSB remote. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788235 Title: lirc broken on 18.04 Status in lirc package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Lirc 0.10.0-2 is never configured after installation. Manually running "dpkg-reconfigure lirc " also does not do anything. I also noticed that /usr/share/lirc/remotes is empty, which is where I had my config file for Ubuntu 16.04. This was an upgrade install from 16.04. Searching the web indicates others have this problem. Some have reverted to the lirc from 16.04. Others recommend using pip3 to install lirc 0.10.10, but I have been unsuccessful so far. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1788235/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : mythbuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
