[mythtv-users] lirc working in mythtv but not xine?

[Alec Leamas]

On 05/04/16 01:23, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Alec Leamas <leamas.alec at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hm... looks like it doesn't find the socket. As of 0.9.2, the handling of
>> the  socket path is far from consistent in ircat.
>>
>> Looking at the code it looks like 0.9.2a support the LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
>> environment variable to determine the socket used. What happens if you set
>> this to the socket path you are using before invoking ircat?
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> --alec
> Excellent suggestion! That at least got ircat working:
>
> export LIRC_SOCKET_PATH=/var/run/lirc/lircd
>
> ircat mythtv
> Esc
> Esc
>
> ircat xine
> Quit
> Quit
> Quit
>
> Based on the remote key I was hitting, both of those are correct.
> However the fact remains that the remote isn't working in xine. Really
> odd...that's even more evidence that it should be working.
>
> When something runs out of mythtv using xine, the xine program ignores
> the remote. I have even less of a clue why now.
>
> Thanks for the ircat tip however!
>
Actually, the routine used by ircat to open the socket is the same as 
used by the application library i. e., it might make3 sense to use 
LIRC_SOCKET_PATH also when running xine. Did you try  that?

BTW, the state of the  0,.9,2 docs on this issue is embarrassing.

Cheers!

-alec