I can confirm the issue on a recently fresh installed Ubuntu Server 18.04. The goal was to transform the installation to a HTPC running kodi and tvheadend (hts). Here are some links to guys who had the same experience and offer a workaround until the fix of the package.
Same experience: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=333904 Workaround: https://twosortoftechguys.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/make-lirc-work-in-ubuntu-18-04/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788235 Title: lirc broken on 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1788235/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
