The last note in this bug is five years old, end both the kernel and lirc startup sequence is heavily changed. Could you please test this bug on upcoming zesty and lirc0.9.4c if you are still interested in this bug?
Setting status to Incomplete, since without input on status on current code we cannot triage this bug. When testing, the primary test tool is mode2 - using that with correct --driver and --device should reveal if this problem in in the kernel or in lircd. Please also raise the lircd loglevel to 'trace' and submit the lircd logs. ** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311890 Title: imon driver (or IT87 driver) does not work, irw crashes lircd Status in lirc package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: lirc Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 lirc 0.8.3-0ubuntu2 Linux Infra-red Remote Control support oot@mediapc:~# dmesg | grep imon [ 334.839718] lirc_imon: Driver for Soundgraph iMON MultiMedia IR/VFD w/imon pad2keys patch, v0.3p2k [ 334.839733] lirc_imon: Venky Raju <d...@venky.ws> [ 334.841034] usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_imon root@mediapc:~# lsmod | grep lirc lirc_imon 23052 0 lirc_dev 20020 1 lirc_imon usbcore 148848 7 lirc_imon,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ohci_hcd,ehc i_hcd When I run irw it simply exits the 1st time without any message, the second time it errors and the lirc daemon crashes. root@mediapc:~# /etc/init.d/lirc restart * Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC [ OK ] * Loading LIRC modules [ OK ] * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC [ OK ] root@mediapc:~# irw root@mediapc:~# irw connect: Connection refused root@mediapc:~# /etc/init.d/lirc restart * Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC [fail] * Loading LIRC modules [ OK ] * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC [ OK ] I do not have a /dev/lirc0 but I do have /dev/lircd. Running irw /dev/lircd does not help. Mode 2 errors: root@mediapc:~# mode2 mode2: error opening /dev/lirc mode2: No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/311890/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp