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.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/28/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick</b> <<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 28/09/05, Scott Minneman <<a href="mailto:sminneman@gmail.com">sminneman@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> I had the same problem on my FC3 box. To fix it, I created a symlink:<br>><br>> # ln -s /dev/lirc0 /dev/lirc<br>><br>> That creates a link from /dev/lirc to /dev/lirc0, so lircd is able to
<br>> see the device.<br><br>It is also possible to use udev itself (it creates the /dev entries)<br>to create a symlink between /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc. If you're<br>interested in udev, the following is a useful read:
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