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[Dave Hope <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What additional information can I provide to help get this bug resolved?

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No /var/run/lirc/lircd created, only /dev/lircd
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480555
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Status in “lirc” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: lirc

I have installed lirc along with btlirc package (java application for mobile phone that allows controlling lirc over bluetooth) and everything works, but there is one small bug - there is socket /dev/lircd, which works correctly (irw /dev/lircd works as expected), but socket /var/run/lirc/lircd doesn't exist, so mplayer doesn't detect LIRC (and I think every other application won't). I have made a workaround; I have added this code to /etc/rc.local (before final exit 0), which fixes this problem:

if [ ! -d /var/run/lirc ]; then
        sudo mkdir /var/run/lirc
        sudo ln -s /dev/lircd /var/run/lirc/lircd
fi

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
lirc version 0.8.6-0ubuntu2