Running VDR without LIRC? (solved)

[Roman Müllenschläder]

Ok, I'll answer myself ;)

Adding '--lirc=/dev/null' to OPTIONS in /etc/default/vdr does the trick!

Lg
Roman

Am Mittwoch, 21. März 2007 schrieb Roman Müllenschläder:
> Hi there!
>
> I've got a little question regarding how to make VDR not using lirc ...
>
> In earlier versions there were virtual packages vdr-kbd, vdr-lirc, etc. and
> update-alternatives to choose between them.
>
> This has changed nowadays (don't know when cause I can't find a changelog
> entry to that) and there is no more vdr-lirc, vdr-kbd, ... only vdr.
>
> In /etc/init.d/vdr VDR is started with option '--lirc'. I know that VDR
> gets compiled with REMOTE=LIRC. But it should be possible to start up VDR
> without listening to lirc!?
>
> Problem should get clear in the following scenario:
> One PC running VDR without frontend and a separate frontend (like
> vdr-sxfe). If there is a lircd-daemon running (for other reasons than VDR),
> VDR connects to it. But vdr-sxfe makes it possible to listen to
> lirc-commands even if VDR is started without '--lirc'. So VDR only listens
> to lirc as long as the frontend is up and running.
>
> How would one manage to start up VDR without listening to lirc?
> I tried changing this in /etc/init.d/vdr:
>
> -                --port $SVDRP_PORT --lirc $PLUGINS $OPTIONS $REDIRECT
> +                --port $SVDRP_PORT $PLUGINS $OPTIONS $REDIRECT
>
> without effect as it seems because this shows up in syslog still:
>
> vdr: [30878] ERROR: /dev/lircd: Connection refused
> vdr: [30878] ERROR: remote control LIRC not ready!
>
> Ok, there is no lircd running at this time but how comes VDR tries to
> connect even though it is started without '--lirc'?
>
> Second main question on this is:
> Would it be possible to make a change/ add an option (maybe
> in /etc/default/vdr) for to make it easier for a user to disable lirc?
>
> I guess more and more people are using VDR separated in server and frontend
> nowadays cause of nice plugins like xineliboutput, etc. ... and HD-TVs.
>
> LG
> Roman
>
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