[mythtv-users] LIRC problems after Ubuntu 8.04 update

[Nick Morrott]

On 03/05/2008, Ian Hodgson <ian.hodgson.home at googlemail.com> wrote:

>  xxx at yyyy:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start
>   * Loading LIRC modules
>  [ OK ]
>   * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC
>  [fail]
>
>     I can not find anything in the system logs to indicate the source of
>  the problem. I did find an Ubuntu Hardy Heron bug report for beta 1
>  release (204960), but nothing else to indicate that this is an ongoing
>  problem. Has anyone else come across this and found a way to fix it?
>  Many thanks.

Check for a stale pid file in /var/run/. What options do you have
configured in /etc/sysconfig/lircd?

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