Yesterday, I wrote to moan about yum dependency problems - and the recommendation was to switch to smart. <br><br>Thank you. Smart works like a charm.<br><br>I've moved along through Jarod Wilson's how-to on FC5. I've followed the script faithfully.
<br><br>I installed lirc via smart using the commands:<br><br># smart install lirc-kmdl-$KVER<br># smart install lirc<br><br>Everything went smooth, with no error messages.<br><br>When I started the lirc daemon using "/sbin/service lircd start", the command prompt returns with no message (no OK or FAILED).
<br><br>Eyeballing the log at /var/log/messages, I could not see any entries relating to lirc. "cat /var/log/messages | grep lirc" also came up empty.<br><br>Further inspection shows that there were no lirc devices created. "ls -l /dev/lir* returns nothing.
<br><br>And "lsmod" does not list any modules relating to lirc.<br><br>So I tried a "smart reinstall" for both of the above files. No change.<br><br>Next I performed a "smart remove" for both followed by a "smart install". No change.
<br><br>Is there a problem with the package? I noticed that on Sept 21, trey at verustech posted a message detailing the same symptoms. In reading his post, it appears that he downloaded the tarball and compiled his own files.
<br><br>Any ideas on how to proceed?<br><br>In case it matters, I am running 2.6.17-1.2187 on and AMD64 machine.<br><br>Tom<br><br>