[mythtv-users] lircd setup with hdhomerun kludge

[Alec Leamas]

On 20/08/18 23:07, Allen Edwards wrote:
> Just getting mythbunty 16.04 running after my 10 year old mythtv system

> 
> Here is my rc.local file.  This is just like what I had on the 2008
> version except I didn't need to kill lircd on that system.
> 
> *hdhomerun_config 10137DC1 set /ir/target "192.168.1.111:5000
> <http://192.168.1.111:5000> no_clear"*
> *#this is a hack.  I don't know what is starting lircd*
> *killall lircd*
> *lircd -H udp -d 5000*
> *exit 0*
> 
> If I don't kill lircd, the new instance will not start because lircd is
> already running. But with this kludge, everything is fine but I don't
> like to leave this kind of thing in the system.

You could proabably just edit /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf and set
driver=udp and device=5000. Then restart lircd.service using "systemctl
restart lircd.service"

And yes, lircd is handled by systemd these days, that's what starts it.

Cheers!
--alec