[mythtv-users] Re: lircd starts fine, but crashes as soon as something tries to use it

[Jon Kunze]

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From: Jon Kunze <jon99ut at gmail.com>
Date: Sep 29, 2005 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lircd starts fine, but crashes as soon as
something tries to use it
To: Nate Thompson <nightstrm at gmail.com>

Ok, when I try the symlink, it says /dev/lirc already exists. Any ideas?
Removing the /dev/lirc and the doing the symlink goes through, but still
when I start the frontend lirc locks.

On 9/29/05, Nate Thompson <nightstrm at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> On 9/29/05, Jon Kunze <jon99ut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have the exact same problem on a fresh Fedora Core 4 system, lirc runs
> > fine after I install it the first time, or if I reinstall it. But when I
> > reboot, it is still running until something tries to access it (ie. MythTV).
> > I'll try the symlink tonight.
>
>  I believe that something has changed with the lirc package, or the
> program itself. I had this problem when I did a dist-upgrade on my box, but
> creating the symlink given below made everything run smoothly again.
>  Nate
>
>
>   On 9/28/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 28/09/05, Scott Minneman < sminneman at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > I had the same problem on my FC3 box. To fix it, I created a
> > > symlink:
> > > >
> > > > # ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc
> > > >
> > > > That creates a link from /dev/lirc to /dev/lirc0, so lircd is able
> > > to
> > > > see the device.
> > >
> > > It is also possible to use udev itself (it creates the /dev entries)
> > > to create a symlink between /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc. If you're
> > > interested in udev, the following is a useful read:
> > >
> > > http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
> > >
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