Hi,

 

I have ARMBIAN 5.60 stable Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.78-sunx and installed IR support via armbian-config. Followed LIRC setup procedure for old Linux8 (jessie) and nothing works 

 

sudo evtest command doesn't show any available devices

sudo service lirc start returns Failed to start lirc.service: Unit lirc.service not found.

 

Any advise?

Try,

 

sudo service lircd start

 

That should work...

Thank you. Started lircd no problem. But...

 

sudo evtest command doesn't show any available devices

sudo irw /dev/lircd returns "Cannot connect to socket /dev/lircd: No such file or directory"
 

Strange,

 

run evtest as root, this works...

 

With sudo irw /dev/lircd i get the same result sa you.

found. installed cir support via armbian-config. System -> Hardware -> cir

 

p.s. Stretch lirc 0.9.4 is included in the Debian package. The configuration is slightly different. The hardware.conf file is not supported, obsoleted by a new lirc_options.conf file and systemd unit definitions.