> "ln -s /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc /home/mythtv/.lircrc" will create a link > to the existing file that can be found by mplayer. (no quotes and watch the > periods carefully). Yes, as I wrote that file is in /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc, but it still has a symbolic link at /home/mythtv/.lircrc. But it still does not work.