[mythtv-users] ATI Wonder Remote

[chris at cpr.homelinux.net]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 09:56:13PM -0500, Folashade Adeyosoye wrote:
> And after reboot the "/dev/lirc" disappears....

Several of the Linux distros have switched from static /dev directories 
to the mountable devfs filesystem.  Under that scenario, directory 
entries associated with modules are not created until the module is 
loaded into the kernel.  There are config files in the /etc/devfs 
directory that specify the node major/minor values, link names, 
ownership and permissions for the modular devices.

This really threw me when I upgraded my XBox, as every time I rebooted 
I would get an error saying that I didn't have permission to open 
/dev/i2c or /dev/lirc.  I'd chmod the devices and everything would run 
fine until the next reboot.  Once I realized devfs was deleting the 
devices on shutdown and recreating them at the next boot I found and 
changed the appropriate lines in the config file and all is well.