[mythtv-users] Lirc problem - connection refused

[Myth]

Don Brett wrote:

>I've installed lirc and  the modules load, but when mythfrontend starts,
>I get a socket error:
>
>>From myth messages:
>2004-11-12 13:03:47 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org
>
>2004-11-12 13:03:47 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
>mythtv: could not connect to socket
>mythtv: Connection refused
>lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
>2004-11-12 13:03:48 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
>
>
>>From irw test:
>root at sanson:/mnt/store# irw
>connect: Connection refused
>
>>From ls -l /dev/lirc*:
>crwxrwxrwx    1 root     root      61,   0 Nov 12 10:15 /dev/lirc
>srwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Nov 12 10:21 /dev/lircd=
>
>>From lsmod:
>ivtv-fb                25648   0  (autoclean)
>lirc_i2c                3616   0  (autoclean) (unused)
>lirc_dev                8528   1  (autoclean) [lirc_i2c]
>tveeprom                7456   0  (autoclean) (unused)
>ivtv                  788576   1  (autoclean) [ivtv-fb]
>msp3400                19692   1  (autoclean)
>saa7115                 7644   0  (autoclean) (unused)
>saa7127                 7804   0  (autoclean) (unused)
>tuner                  10208   1  (autoclean)
>i2c-algo-bit            7144   1  (autoclean) [ivtv]
>i2c-core               12676   0  (autoclean) [lirc_i2c tveeprom msp3400
>
>saa7115 saa7127 tuner i2c-algo-bit]
>videodev                5792   9  (autoclean) [ivtv]
>
>
>Anyone know what I'm missing, or a clue of what to look for?  Thanks,
>Don
>
>Slackware - 9.1
>Kernel - 2.4.27
>Ivty driver - ivtv-0.3.1h.tgz (CKennedy)
>
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I had a similar problem with the newest lirc package. Only solution I 
found was kind of a hack, but it works -- 
http://www.umich2.com/archives/2004/11/mythtv_setup_2.html