Re: problem with lirc over network under Ubuntu 18.04

On 28.12.2018 23:04, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 28/12/18 19:46, André Weidemann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> yesterday I upgrade my machine from 16.04 to 18.04.
>> Currently lirc 0.10.0-2 is installed from the Ubuntu repositories.
> 
>> Since it complained about the invalid port "auto" I specified one:
>> /usr/sbin/lircd -c 192.168.3.125:8765 --driver=udp --nodaemon
>> ...which made things even worse.
>>
>> The output varies on every invocation. Here are a few examples:
>> lircd: bad port number "8765ce: %s��N��U"
>> lircd: bad port number "8765ce: %s� �ơU"
>> lircd: bad port number "8765ce: %s�>KV"
>> lircd: bad port number "8765ce: %s֠�M�U"
>> lircd: bad port number "8765ce: %s��-V"
>> lircd: bad port number "8765ce: %s֠�}�U"
> 
> 
> Hmn... Reading the udp driver docs at [1] I think the device
> specification might be wrong.
> 
> That said it certainly fails bad enough to file a bug.

I'm unsure what driver to use when all I want is a network connection to 
a Raspberry PI where the actual TSOP is connected.


I took a look into /usr/share/doc/lirc/README.Debian.gz and tried to 
follow the guide lines.
I edited /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf and added a "connect" line. So the 
file looks like this:

[lircd]
nodaemon        = False
driver          = devinput
device          = auto
output          = /var/run/lirc/lircd
pidfile         = /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid
plugindir       = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lirc/plugins
permission      = 666
allow-simulate  = No
repeat-max      = 600
connect        = 192.168.3.125
[lircmd]
uinput          = False
nodaemon        = False

After running "systemctl start lircd"
"journalct -u lircd" shows several lines containing "Error:"... which I 
think should be irrelevant when running in network mode.

Dec 29 01:04:39 server systemd[1]: Stopping Flexible IR remote 
input/output application support...
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd[22356]: lircd-0.10.0[22356]: Info: closing 
'auto'
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[22356]: Info: closing 'auto'
Dec 29 01:04:39 server systemd[1]: Stopped Flexible IR remote 
input/output application support.
Dec 29 01:04:39 server systemd[1]: Started Flexible IR remote 
input/output application support.
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: lircd:  Opening log, 
level: Info
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Version: lircd 0.10.0
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: System info: Linux 
server 4.15.0-43-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 6 14:45:28 UTC 2018 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: Initial device: auto
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: Initial device: auto
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: lircd: 
Opening log, level: Info
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: driver: 
devinput
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: output: 
/var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Warning: 
Running as root
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: Using 
remote: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: nodaemon: 1
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: plugindir: 
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lirc/plugins
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: 
lircd(devinput) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: logfile: syslog
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: 
immediate-init: 0
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Name lookup 
failure connecting to 192.168.3.125U: Success
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: permission: 666
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: driver-options:
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: pidfile: 
/var/run/lirc/lircd.pid
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: listen: 0
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: connect: 
192.168.3.125
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: userelease: 0
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: 
effective_user: (null)
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: 
release_suffix: _EVUP
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: 
allow_simulate: 0
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: repeat_max: 600
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: configfile: 
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Options: 
dynamic_codes: (null)
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Current driver: devinput
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Driver API version: 4
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Driver  version: 0.10.0
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: Driver  info: See 
file:///usr/share/doc/lirc/plugindocs/devinput.html
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: lircd:  Opening log, 
level: Info
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Warning: Running as root
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: Using remote: 
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: lircd(devinput) 
ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 29 01:04:39 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Name lookup failure 
connecting to 192.168.3.125U: Success
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: accepted new client 
on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: 
accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: 
initializing 'auto'
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Cannot run 
glob /sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*: No such file or directory
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: No 
input device available for devinput driver. Consider stopping 
lircd.socket or reconfigure lirc
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Error: Cannot 
glob /sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Warning: 
Failed to initialize hardware
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Info: initializing 'auto'
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Cannot run glob 
/sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*: No such file or directory
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Notice: No input device 
available for devinput driver. Consider stopping lircd.socket or 
reconfigure lirc
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Error: Cannot glob 
/sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*
Dec 29 01:04:42 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Warning: Failed to 
initialize hardware
Dec 29 01:04:43 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Error: Cannot 
glob /sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*
Dec 29 01:04:43 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Error: Cannot glob 
/sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*
Dec 29 01:04:44 server lircd[11008]: lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Error: Cannot 
glob /sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*
Dec 29 01:04:44 server lircd-0.10.0[11008]: Error: Cannot glob 
/sys/class/rc/rc0/input[0-9]*/event[0-9]*


Calling irw does not show anything.

Even while lircd is running I can see no network traffic to the 
Raspberry PI.
"tcpdump -n -i br0 host 192.168.3.125" produced no ouput at all...

Also "netstat -aunp|grep 192.168.3.125" or "netstat -atnp|grep 
192.168.3.125" does not show a single line.

Kind Regards
  André