RE: FW: Cannot install GIRS driver

My platform is Ubuntu (newest server version) on an Intel platform.

What I did now:

Installed everything AGAIN (clean), using the approach as described on
lirc.org, including your remarks below.

sudo apt-get install libtool-bin
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
./autogen.sh
./configure  --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
make
sudo make install

Did lircd -d /dev/ttyUSB0 - no problem!
 
Edited lircd.conf, so it contains the correct IR codes.

Tried IRSEND, which failed :-(

root@TVHEADEND:/tmp/lirc-0.9.4d# irsend SEND_ONCE LE55A956 KEY_1
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: Connection refused
Cannot open socket /usr/local/var/run/lirc/lircd: Connection refused


-----Original Message-----
From: Alec Leamas [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Donnerstag, 9. März 2017 17:56
To: Chris van Hoven <[email protected]>;
[email protected]
Subject: 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?


--a


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