Lirc disabled

  • Hi,

    I have a problem with the last beta 7.95.2
    I can not get my remote working. I was working with an older alpha version.

    My reciever is an atric ir-wakeup usb. I have put my lircd.conf in /storage/.config/
    So this should work.

    But ps ax | grep lirc shows me, that lircd does not get startet.

    After some searching around I found a file /storage/.cache/services/lircd.disabled
    If I rename this file to lircd.conf, my remote works fine after next startup. But one restart later it does not work again. The file lircd.disabled is there again.

    So, where does this file come from?

    I found some comments, that in the libreelec configuration add-on lirc can be enabled/disabled in the last beta's. But I can not find this configuration point. I can enable/disable samba and so. But no lirc.

    Regards

  • This is exactly the problem here. There is no option for lirc under services.
    After Bluetooth there is nothing more.

    And for the record: this is a fresh and clean install of libreelec 7.95.2 Beta.

    Here are screenshots:

    Edited once, last by Schrauber (February 6, 2017 at 11:11 PM).

  • I tried multiple installs. Every time the same problem. This file does not exist.

    Where does this come from?
    [hr]
    Hmmpf, I also tried different IR receivers. One YaUSBir and one atric for serial connection. Same thing there. The path in sys does not exist and so no entry for lirc in the configuration.

    Edited once, last by Schrauber (February 7, 2017 at 11:56 AM).

  • OK, as a workaround I did the following:
    I created the file /storage/.config/system.d/enable_lircd.service

    After this:
    systemctl daemon-reload
    systemctl enable enable_lircd

    So this simple service creates an empty /storage/.cache/services/lircd.conf on system startup.
    This leads to starting lircd und a working remote control.

    Its a hack, but it is working for now.