[mythtv-users] Mythtv native lirc support - can't connect to
socket
Chris B
news at semperpax.com
Fri Sep 5 19:53:36 EDT 2003
I dont't know if it's the same problem, but the "couldn't" connect
happened to me recently. The cause was that I still had the lirc MDK
libraries in /usr/lib while the self-compiled ones were in /usr/local/bin.
Wayne Veilleux wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Just to let you that I have exactly the same problem that you have with
> the lirc native support patch in mythtv-0.11. I also have mdk-9.1 and I
> compiled and install lirc from source because we all know that it is
> broken in the distro. Could someone help us with this error from apps
> with lirc native support "could not connect to socket..."
>
> I would also like to know if that patch for lirc native support and the
> focus patch are going to be included in cvs and for the next release
> (0.12).
>
> Thanks
>
> Wayne
>
> bobnvic at everestkc.net wrote:
>
>> I've compiled mythtv with native lirc support, however when I run
>> mythfrontend I get errors saying that mythtv could not connect to
>> socket and lirc support had failed. Lirc works fine with irxevent,
>> except that I can't get it to start at boot. I did find
>> a faq reference to the error at lirg.org, however my /dev/lircd file
>> was already set to r/w for all users (chmod 666). mplayer also gives
>> the same errors.
>> I'm using Mandrake 9.1 and compiled lirc 0.6.6. I would be
>> perfectly happy with irxevent if I could get it to start at boot,
>> however I have tried placing it in ~/.xinitrc, .kde/Autostart and
>> rc.local, all without any success. If I run it manually though,
>> I have no problem. In fact, ./kde/Autostart gives me a 'could not
>> find program xyz' even though it does in fact run program xyz (in this
>> case a script to start mythfrontend and irxevent).
>> I would appreciate any ideas that any one may have that could help
>> me out.
>>
>> Bob C.
>
>
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