app-misc/lirc-0.9.0-r5 comes with /usr/lib64/systemd/system/lirc.service which doesn't work. When you try to start the service using "systemctl start lirc" it fails. "systemctl status lirc" shows: â lirc.service - Linux Infrared Remote Control Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/lirc.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2014-11-14 00:19:38 EST; 11min ago Process: 4011 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd --nodaemon --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 4011 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Nov 14 00:19:38 irrational lircd[4011]: lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid Nov 14 00:19:38 irrational lircd[4011]: lircd: No such file or directory Nov 14 00:19:38 irrational systemd[1]: lirc.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 14 00:19:38 irrational systemd[1]: Unit lirc.service entered failed state. Nov 14 00:19:38 irrational systemd[1]: lirc.service failed. The path to the pid file should be given and the PIDFile option should be set. Here's lirc.service modified that works: [Unit] Description=Linux Infrared Remote Control After=network.target [Service] PIDFile=/run/lirc/lircd.pid ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/lirc ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd --nodaemon --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 -P /run/lirc/lircd.pid ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -fR /run/lirc [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Reproducible: Always
Instead of using ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/lirc RuntimeDirectory=lirc should be used instead. Here's a working, updated unit that works: --- [Unit] Description=Linux Infrared Remote Control After=network.target [Service] RuntimeDirectory=lirc ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd --nodaemon --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target --- I submitted a pull request for this change: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1225 Alternatively, bug 579478 could be addressed, which would be even better.
commit c0ed606b04e139a24a1931bb26dff5dd0dfe1753 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Author: Craig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com> AuthorDate: Sun Apr 10 06:32:34 2016 -0400 Commit: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> CommitDate: Fri Apr 15 19:35:17 2016 +0000 app-misc/lirc: fix systemd unit Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/529210 Package-Manager: portage-2.2.28 Acked-By: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1225 Signed-off-by: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> app-misc/lirc/files/lirc.service | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
