Mailing List Archive: irxevent: could not connect to socket?

irxevent: could not connect to socket?

May 29, 2003, 9:57 PM

Post #1 of 3 (2002 views)

What does it mean when I get the message, "irxevent: could not connect to
socket" when I try to run it?

LIRC is installed and running; xmode2 shows a screen and when I push buttons
on the remote, I get a trace.

Where should I start looking?

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RE: irxevent: could not connect to socket? [ In reply to ]

jcaputo1 at comcast

May 30, 2003, 5:48 AM

Post #2 of 3 (1959 views)

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My guess would be that it's X-related, not /dev/lirc related... the 'socket'
might be the socket that the X-server listens on. Are you running X? Does
the user running irxevent have permission to access the X-display?

Of course, I could be way off base here... usually when you try to connect
to an X display that either isn't there or you don't have permission to
connect to, you get an error message directly from X, with some standard
wording. I guess it's worth a look, though.

-JAC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of Jim Jarrett
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:58 AM
> To: mythtv-users@snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] irxevent: could not connect to socket?
>
>
> What does it mean when I get the message, "irxevent: could not connect to
> socket" when I try to run it?
>
> LIRC is installed and running; xmode2 shows a screen and when I
> push buttons
> on the remote, I get a trace.
>
> Where should I start looking?
>

RE: irxevent: could not connect to socket? [ In reply to ]

cmisip at insightbb

May 31, 2003, 9:05 AM

Post #3 of 3 (2001 views)

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Did you chmod 666 /dev/lircd ?

On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 07:48, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> My guess would be that it's X-related, not /dev/lirc related... the 'socket'
> might be the socket that the X-server listens on. Are you running X? Does
> the user running irxevent have permission to access the X-display?
>
> Of course, I could be way off base here... usually when you try to connect
> to an X display that either isn't there or you don't have permission to
> connect to, you get an error message directly from X, with some standard
> wording. I guess it's worth a look, though.
>
> -JAC
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of Jim Jarrett
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:58 AM
> > To: mythtv-users@snowman.net
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] irxevent: could not connect to socket?
> >
> >
> > What does it mean when I get the message, "irxevent: could not connect to
> > socket" when I try to run it?
> >
> > LIRC is installed and running; xmode2 shows a screen and when I
> > push buttons
> > on the remote, I get a trace.
> >
> > Where should I start looking?
> >
>
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