Lirc not working on Ubuntu 12.04

[bergqvistjl]

Hi, whenever I try to install lirc on ubuntu 12.04 64bit (up-to-date) it installs, but I get this output during the install:

(Reading database ... 155708 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking lirc (from .../lirc_0.9.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up lirc (0.9.0-0ubuntu1) ...
ls: cannot access /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/lirc: No such file or directory
 * Loading LIRC modules                                                                                                                                                                              [ OK ] 
 * Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC

The install completes, yet the remote does not get picked up in irw (where it used to in 11.10) I presume because of the ls error. Any ideas?

Thanks

[bergqvistjl]

Bump. Anyone got any ideas on how to fix it, or experiencing the same issues?

[Veerappan]

Bump. Anyone got any ideas on how to fix it, or experiencing the same issues?

I was experiencing similar issues post-upgrade to 12.04.

If you look in /dev/ for lirc*, there's both lirc0 and lirc1 (at least on my system).

When I switched from /dev/lirc0 to /dev/lirc1, irw started picking up my mceusb remote again.

[danieleverywhere]

Depending on what remote you use maybe this thred (the last post) may help you
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2000733
I'm guessing it is a module or race condition problem

Good luck! I hope to hear some positive report

[jonas_t]

Bump...

I've got the same problem. It used to work on 11.10. On my system (MBP 6,2) there isn't event any /dev/lirc* device. lsusb, however, lists the apple remote as before on 11.10...

isn't just the lirc kernel driver missing? that error

ls: cannot access /lib/modules/3.2.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/lirc: No such file or directory

seems to me to be the main reason...

[jonas_t]

On my system (MBP 6,2) there isn't event any /dev/lirc* device.

Ok, at least there is a lirc0 device in /dev now. I had to manually modprobe the 'irc_serial' module...

ls: cannot access /lib/modules/3.2.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/lirc: No such file or directory

seems to me to be the main reason...

After doing some filesystem search and grep, I found that this is problably just an error in the package setup caused by moving kernel modules. The lirc modules are now in drivers/staging/media rather than in drivers/staging.