[mythtv-users] Fedora 19+ and MCE remote

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Justin,

Monday, December 15, 2014, 3:26:30 AM, you wrote:

>> 1) Is seeing "/dev/lirc0" but not a "/dev/lircd" a problem?

> /dev/lircd is a simlink to /var/run/lirc/lircd created by the lircd
> deamon.
> There is an ongoing move of the run directory from /var/run to /run
> where /var/run is kept as a simlink to /run for compatibility. It
> could be that if you don't have that simlink, that lirc gets confused.

> Maybe this is an Ubuntu vs Fedora thing? When I start lircd I still
> don't see a /dev/lircd but I do see the /var/run/lirc/lircd socket.
>  
 >> 2) Even before I get to the lirc stage of the configuration, should
 >> I be able to see input from the remote via 'ir-keytable -t'?
>  
>  I think you do need lircd running, but I could be mistaken.

> Even with lircd running I see nothing.

> It seems that there's some duplicate configuration happening
> between /etc/sysconfig/lirc and /etc/lirc/hardware.conf. Does one take precedence over the other?

> At the moment it's unclear as to whether the kernel or lircd should
> be handling this, and I haven't seen a clear explanation in any of the documentation yet.

> Grrr.

> Any other suggestions? This is amazingly frustrating.

> -jdm

What happens if you manually create the simlink? eg.
ln -s /var/run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd

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