.lircrc not working -- are there alternatives?

mzurhorst · October 22, 2016 at 3:54 PM

Hello,

I am coming closer to a nice remote control setup, but one thing i missing right now.
Under OE5, I was used to toggle my boblight-x11 binary on/off with the tiny python script. This one was launched by an entry in the .lircrc file, and the LEDs switched on/off upon a button click on the remote.

It seems that there is no .lircrc file, and creating it both in ~/ and in ~/.config did not help either.
Can somebody please tell me how to launch a script upon button click on my remote contol?

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Marcus

**vpeter** · October 22, 2016 at 4:33 PM

I have this file in /storage/.config/ and also start irexec in autostart.sh:

Code

/usr/bin/irexec -d /storage/.config/.lircrc &

Seems to be working.

mzurhorst · October 22, 2016 at 5:36 PM

Quote from vpeter
I have this file in /storage/.config/ and also start irexec in autostart.sh:
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/usr/bin/irexec -d /storage/.config/.lircrc &
Seems to be working.

Wow, thank you. I missed to start the irexec file, I thought that this was built into lirc directly instead of an separate executable.
Now it works for me as well. Thank you.

teeedub · February 27, 2017 at 12:59 PM

Hi,

You can start irexec via systemd which provides the ability to automatically restart it if it crashes.

/storage/.config/system.d/irexec.service

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[Unit]
Description=irexec
After=lircd.service
Wants=lircd.service


[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/irexec --daemon /storage/.config/.lircrc
Type=forking
Restart=always


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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trogggy · February 27, 2017 at 3:23 PM

Quote from teeedub
Hi,

You can start irexec via systemd which provides the ability to automatically restart it if it crashes.

/storage/.config/system.d/irexec.service
Code
[Unit]
Description=irexec
After=lircd.service
Wants=lircd.service


[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/irexec --daemon /storage/.config/.lircrc
Type=forking
Restart=always


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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I've been using an autostart.sh file to start irexec for a while - I'd like to use systemd, but when I stick irexec.service in there it just doesn't start. If I run 'systemctl start irexec.service' in putty it starts up.
Any ideas for how to troubleshoot that?

My autostart.sh and irexec.service are both identical to the ones in this thread.

teeedub · February 27, 2017 at 8:33 PM

From memory I ran the following in the /storage/.config/system.d/ directory to enable the service

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systemctl enable irexec.service

trogggy · February 27, 2017 at 8:53 PM

Quote from teeedub
From memory I ran the following in the /storage/.config/system.d/ directory to enable the service
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systemctl enable irexec.service

Your memory's spot on - ran that and it's up and running, many thanks.