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[Alec Leamas <1788235@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there more documentation at a website that I could read to learn
more?

The official site is http://lirc.org. Among other things, here is an
updated Configuration Guide.

> I am particularly interested in the info about the raw events from the
socket.

At the same site there is info on the APIs, in particular the Client
API. The problem is that Kodi uses the raw events (documented in
lircd(8)) instead of  using that API. Changing this in a stable
application as Kodi requires some serious thinking  to not break
existing setups -- using the proper client API functionality must
basically be opt-in, I guess. That said, scanning the docs will reveal
the functionality in the API which is missing in the raw socket
interface.

The first step should be to file a bug against Kodi for not using the
API and the corresponding loss of lirc functionality (and, ironically,
added configuration complexity).

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788235

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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