Bug#297640: /proc/av7110_ir: Permission denied

[Jan Gukelberger]

Package: vdr
Version: 1.2.6-6
Severity: normal

With the standard configuration of vdr 1.2.6 I can't use the remote
control of my Technotrend/Hauppauge DVB card because /proc/av7110_ir
belongs to root and is chmod 644:

----------8<-----------8<-----------8<-----------8<----------8<-----------
Feb 26 21:01:09 elessar vdr[9657]: remote-event2: unable to open
'/proc/av7110_ir': Permission denied
Feb 26 21:01:09 elessar vdr[9657]: ERROR: /proc/av7110_ir: Permission
denied
Feb 26 21:01:11 elessar vdr[9657]: ERROR: /proc/av7110_ir: Permission
denied
----------8<-----------8<-----------8<-----------8<----------8<-----------

As /proc permissions are reset on system restart I've added this line to
startvdr() in /etc/init.d/vdr:
----------8<-----------8<-----------8<-----------8<----------8<-----------
        mergecommands "reccmds"
+       /bin/chown $USER.$GROUP /proc/av7110_ir
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet \
----------8<-----------8<-----------8<-----------8<----------8<-----------

I'm not sure if the file really has to be opened for writing? Opening it
RDONLY would be possible without system modifications.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8rtai
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages vdr depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.59       Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.4.30.11  Debian configuration management sy
ii  makedev                       2.3.1-75   Creates device files in /dev
ii  vdr-daemon                    1.2.6-6    Server version of Video Disk Recor
ii  vdr-kbd                       1.2.6-6    Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards 
ii  vdr-lirc                      1.2.6-6    Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards 
ii  vdr-rcu                       1.2.6-6    Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards 

-- debconf information excluded