[mythtv-users] Mythtv native lirc support - can't connect to socket

[Chris B]

I dont't know if it's the same problem, but the "couldn't" connect 
happened to me recently. The cause was that I still had the lirc MDK 
libraries in /usr/lib while the self-compiled ones were in /usr/local/bin.

Wayne Veilleux wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Just to let you that I have exactly the same problem that you have with 
> the lirc native support patch in mythtv-0.11. I also have mdk-9.1 and I 
> compiled and install lirc from source because we all know that it is 
> broken in the distro. Could someone help us with this error from apps 
> with lirc native support "could not connect to socket..."
> 
> I would also like to know if that patch for lirc native support and the 
> focus patch are going to be included in cvs and for the next release 
> (0.12).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Wayne
> 
> bobnvic at everestkc.net wrote:
> 
>> I've compiled mythtv with native lirc support, however when I run 
>> mythfrontend I get errors saying that mythtv could not connect to 
>> socket and lirc support had failed.  Lirc works fine with irxevent, 
>> except that I can't get it to start at boot.  I did find
>> a faq reference to the error at lirg.org, however my /dev/lircd file 
>> was already set to r/w for all users (chmod 666).  mplayer also gives 
>> the same errors. 
>> I'm using Mandrake 9.1 and compiled lirc 0.6.6.  I would be
>> perfectly happy with irxevent if I could get it to start at boot, 
>> however I have tried placing it in ~/.xinitrc, .kde/Autostart and
>> rc.local, all without any success.  If I run it manually though,
>> I have no problem.  In fact, ./kde/Autostart gives me a 'could not
>> find program xyz' even though it does in fact run program xyz (in this 
>> case a script to start mythfrontend and irxevent). 
>> I would appreciate any ideas that any one may have that could help
>> me out.
>>  
>> Bob C.
> 
> 
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