[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#394663: lirc: daemon quits when a client tries to connect

[Rafał Rutkowski]

Subject: lirc: daemon quits when a client tries to connect
Package: lirc
Version: 0.8.0-9
Severity: important

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When the daemon is started by init.d/lirc script, it quits when a client
(tested with mplayer and KDE lirc) tries to connect. It leaves the
following messages in the syslog:
Oct 22 15:26:34 rudy lircd-0.8.0[5594]: accepted new client on
/dev/lircd
Oct 22 15:26:34 rudy lircd-0.8.0[5594]: could not get file information
for UNCONFIGURED
Oct 22 15:26:34 rudy lircd-0.8.0[5594]: default_init(): No such file or
directory
Oct 22 15:26:34 rudy lircd-0.8.0[5594]: caught signal

However, if the daemon is started manually by invoking
lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
(as root), everything works fine.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers testing
   APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages lirc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.5.5          Debian configuration  
management sy
ii  dialog                    1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog  
boxe
ii  libasound2                1.0.13-1       ALSA library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-4    GNU C Library: Shared  
libraries
ii  liblircclient0            0.8.0-9        LIRC client library
ii  libusb-0.1-4              2:0.1.12-2     userspace USB programming  
library

lirc recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
   lirc/take_care_of_old_config:
* lirc/install_devices: true
   lirc/irq: 4
   lirc/lircd_conf:
* lirc/reconfigure: false
   lirc/lircmd_conf:
   lirc/remove_var-log-lircd: true
   lirc/driver: default
   lirc/port: 0x3f8
   lirc/device: /dev/lirc
   lirc/should-use-IntelliMouse:
   lirc/cflags: -DLIRC_SERIAL_SOFTCARRIER
   lirc/timer: 65536
   lirc/modules: lirc_dev lirc_serial


-- 
Rafał Rutkowski
rrutkowski at gmail.com