Ubuntu
lirc package

No /var/run/lirc/lircd created, only /dev/lircd

Bug #480555 reported by gogloid on 2009-11-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #474701: Can't start lirc: "lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid". Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	lirc (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: lirc

I have installed lirc along with btlirc package (java application for mobile phone that allows controlling lirc over bluetooth) and everything works, but there is one small bug - there is socket /dev/lircd, which works correctly (irw /dev/lircd works as expected), but socket /var/run/lirc/lircd doesn't exist, so mplayer doesn't detect LIRC (and I think every other application won't). I have made a workaround; I have added this code to /etc/rc.local (before final exit 0), which fixes this problem:

if [ ! -d /var/run/lirc ]; then
sudo mkdir /var/run/lirc
sudo ln -s /dev/lircd /var/run/lirc/lircd
fi

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
lirc version 0.8.6-0ubuntu2

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Dave Hope (dave-davehope) wrote on 2010-06-19:

Same problem for me also. The workaround solves the issue for me.

10.04,
Running lirc 0.8.6-0ubuntu4

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Dave Hope (dave-davehope) wrote on 2010-07-06:

What additional information can I provide to help get this bug resolved?

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MarcRandolph (mrand) wrote on 2010-10-04:

Howdy, and thank you for helping to improve Ubuntu by opening this ticket. I believe this issue is the same as Bug #474701, so I'm going to mark it as a duplicate of that one.

Changed in lirc (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	New → Confirmed

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