> Kodi definitely works with the latest versions of Lirc and the problem i
> is very easy to fix so stop downgrading your systems to an older version of
> Lirc!!!!
Right.
> The problem is Kodi defaults to looking for a Lirc socket at /dev/lircd which
> doesn’t exist anymore.
Has anyone cared to file a bug against kodi on this?
> 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:
Please, no. The files in /lib/systemd/system should not be tampered with, they
are
replaced on package update without mercy. Instead, copy
/lib/systemd/system/lircd.service
to /etc/systemd/system and modify that copy (it overrides the /lib/systemd one).
Also note that lirc_options.conf supports code: stanzas which are executed as
root before lircd is launched. Linking could be done here instead of patching
the service
file.
And, finally: the /dev directory is just not aimed for this kind of files, it's
supposed
to be handled by udev. So, creating links here should be avoided if at all
possible.
> e.g: sudo systemctl disable lircd-uinput.service
Indeed. Debian upstream by default disables this service in last update. Using
'systemctl disable --now lircd-uinput.service' is probably the best to both
stop and disable.
> What I still cannot get working is the lirc-setup app (which replaces
dpkg-reconfigure lirc)
Also this is fixed in debian upstream. Until it trickles down, the dirty
work-around is
something like:
# libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/python3.6/site-packages
# cp /usr/share/lirc/python-pkg/config.py $libdir/lirc
# ln -s $libdir/lirc /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
# ln -s $libdir/lirc-setup /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
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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.
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