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[xekon <1788235@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just wanted to report that initially I was using Ubuntu 18.04 and the
lirc from the repository worked, appears to be:

apt-cache show lirc
Package: lirc                                                                                                                                                                       
Architecture: amd64                                                                                                                                                                 
Version: 0.10.0-2

Thats on my system where it still works.

However a few days ago I updated another 18.04 system that had a working
lirc, and it just completely stopped working after sudo apt-get update
&& sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo irw (which was working perfectly fine) now shows:

Cannot connect to socket /var/run/lirc/lircd: No such file or directory

I noticed my arrow keys on the remote controller worked, but none of the
other buttons did, and the only thing that changed was doing the dist-
upgrade and rebooting. That caused one of my perfectly working system to
quit working.

So I followed this workaround:
https://twosortoftechguys.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/make-lirc-work-in-
ubuntu-18-04/

It does indeed get me back to working.

My other system that is still using 0.10.0-2 will likely break next time
I update it. I will have to use the workaround on it next im sure, will
hold off a few days in case I think of anything else to investigate on
the system prior to updating.

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Title:
  lirc broken on 18.04

Status in lirc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Lirc 0.10.0-2 is never configured after installation. Manually running
  "dpkg-reconfigure lirc " also does not do anything. I also noticed
  that /usr/share/lirc/remotes is empty, which is where I had my config
  file for Ubuntu 16.04.

  This was an upgrade install from 16.04.
  Searching the web indicates others have this problem. Some have reverted to the lirc from 16.04. Others recommend using pip3 to install lirc 0.10.10, but I have been unsuccessful so far.

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