Package: lirc Version: 0.8.3-3 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
# dpkg-reconfigure lirc Stopping lirc daemon: irexec lircmd lircd. .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation. ################################################## ## LIRC IS NOT CONFIGURED ## ## ## ## read /usr/share/doc/lirc/html/configure.html ## ################################################## Additional hint: Either /etc/lirc/lircd.conf or /etc/lirc/hardware.conf doesn't exist or either of the two has the string UNCONFIGURED in it at some important place. Try: 'dpkg-reconfigure lirc' Starting lirc daemon:. But lircd is never started. Trying the same command again results in the same messages and lirc is still not configured. In fact, /etc/lirc/lircd.conf begins with #UNCONFIGURED (both files referenced in the error message above exist). It seems counter-intuitive that configuring the package doesn't actually do it. Shouldn't the dpkg-reconfigure scripts do what lirc needs to work properly, and mark it as configured (ie: removing the #UNCONFIGURED line)? This is on a new Lenny installation on a blank disk, so there are no leftovers from previous versions. I'll do whatever testing is required if the problem can't be isolated. Just let me know. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lirc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libasound2 1.0.16-2 ALSA library ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii liblircclient0 0.8.3-3 infra-red remote control support - ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-13 userspace USB programming library lirc recommends no packages. Versions of packages lirc suggests: ii lirc-modules-source 0.8.3-3 infra-red remote control support - pn lirc-svga <none> (no description available) pn lirc-x <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: lirc/take_care_of_old_config: lirc/install_devices: true lirc/irq: lirc/lircd_conf: lirc/reconfigure: false lirc/lircmd_conf: lirc/remove_var-log-lircd: true lirc/driver: lirc/port: lirc/device: lirc/should-use-IntelliMouse: lirc/cflags: lirc/timer: lirc/modules: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org