Re: normal user - Permission denied

[<li...@ba...>]

Hi!

Nagy Balázs "na...@gm..." wrote:
> I should be able to start lircd as a normal user right? So for example
> kdelirc can work with it?

No, lircd must be run as root.

[...]
> If I start as a root brings me nothing either, I am afraid there is
> something with the access rights of my normal user. I have set many file
> with 666 permission (googled the issue) nothing changes. The solution
> should be trivial.
>
> linux-8j1v:/home/bigb # lircd -d /dev/lirc0 --permission=666
> linux-8j1v:/home/bigb # exit
> exit
> bigb@linux-8j1v:~> irw
> (does nothing at all, I can hit any key)

Which means that your lircd.conf is not set up correctly for your remote  
or you should put fresh batteries in you remote.

Christoph