Re: FW: Cannot install GIRS driver

On 09/03/17 17:40, Chris van Hoven wrote:
> Ok, sorry - I have to get used to this mailing list, so please indulge me
> :-)
>
> What I did now: I removed EVERYTHING LIRC and reinstalled to get to a
> defined state.
>
> cd /tmp
> wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/lirc/lirc-0.9.4d.tar.bz2
> tar -jxf lirc-0.9.4d.tar.bz2
> cd lirc-0.9.4d
> aclocal && autoheader && autoconf
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make && sudo make install

There is a autogen.sh script for this...
>
> lirc_options.conf  was created in /usr/etc/lirc. I set the loglevel to debug
> using loglevel = debug.
>
> I tested this first, it returns an error:
>
> lircd -d /dev/ttyUSB0
> Warning: cannot open /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf
> can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid: No such file or directory
>
> The directory it looks for lirc_options.conf does not match the directory
> lirc_options.conf is created in. Shall I just create /etc/lirc and MOVE
> everything in /usr/etc/lirc to this directory?

So,in this setup you need to add --sysconfdir=/etc as well to configure 
before building.

You also need to make sure that the directory /var/run/lirc exists and 
is writable.

What's your platform?


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