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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 474701 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474701

Howdy, and thank you for helping to improve Ubuntu by opening this
ticket.  I believe this issue is the same as Bug #474701, so I'm going
to mark it as a duplicate of that one.

** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 474701
   Can't start lirc: "lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid"
 * You can subscribe to bug 474701 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/474701/+subscribe

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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: Confirmed

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