mplayer - failed to open lirc support

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mplayer - failed to open lirc support

mplayer - failed to open lirc support

From: Jongi <jon...@gm...> - 2010-05-02 21:07:38

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<font face="DejaVu Sans">I am running Debian Sid with the following
lirc packages<br>
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# dpkg -l | grep lirc<br>
ii&nbsp; liblircclient-dev&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
infra-red remote control support - client library development fi<br>
ii&nbsp; liblircclient0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
infra-red remote control support - client library<br>
ii&nbsp; lirc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
infra-red remote control support<br>
ii&nbsp; lirc-modules-2.6.31.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13+jng1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (binary kernel modules)<br>
rc&nbsp; lirc-modules-2.6.32-4-amd64&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13+2.6.32-11
Linux Infra-red Remote Control support (binary kernel modules)<br>
ii&nbsp; lirc-modules-source&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
infra-red remote control support - kernel modules<br>
ii&nbsp; lirc-x&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
infra-red remote control support - X utilities<br>
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I have a lircrc setup as follows<br>
<br>
mythtv-debian:/home/mythtv# ls -la .mplayer/lircrc <br>
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 17 2009-04-10 01:50 .mplayer/lircrc -&gt;
../.mythtv/lircrc<br>
<br>
mythtv-debian:/home/mythtv# ls .mythtv/lircrc <br>
.mythtv/lircrc<br>
<br>
However the remote works under MythTV but doesn't under mplayer. The
following error is returned:<br>
<br>
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote<br>
<br>
The mplayer version I am using is from the debian multimedia repo. <br>
<br>
ii&nbsp; mplayer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1:1.0.rc2svn20100313-0.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux<br>
<br>
Before I upgraded to 0.8.6 lirc the same mplayer was working with my
remote. Could the problem be related to 0.8.6 creating
/var/run/lirc/lircd?<br>
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