> I suppose it is a bug, as lirc should work after upgrade without manual reconfiguration.
No it should not, as apparent if you read the comkplete discussion in this bug or, more on the spot, bug #1788235. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791409 Title: LIRC not working on Ubuntu 18.04 Status in lirc package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: It appears that the LIRC 0.10.0-2 package for Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) is not working correctly. The usual configuration menu to select your remote does not come up after installing the package. Saw some other mentions of this issue as well on the forums: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396923 This handy blog post shows a workaround of installing an older version (0.9.0) from xenial to get it to work: https://twosortoftechguys.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/make-lirc-work-in- ubuntu-18-04/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1791409/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
