[Solved] irexec: could not connect to socket

Question

I am trying to start irexec via .xinitrc which has worked fine for me pre-systemd, but now I am getting the following error:
irexec: could not connect to socket
irexec: no such file or directory
Lirc is running fine, remote works in mythtv.
Here's my .xinitrc
cat ~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
#exec xterm
#start irexec
irexec &
#exec /usr/bin/xbmc &
#turn off screensaver
xset s off -dpms
#start xfce4
exec startxfce4
and my lirc
cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/lirc.service
[Unit]
Description=Linux Infrared Remote Control
[Service]
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/ln -sf /run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lircd --pidfile=/run/lirc/lircd.pid
Type=forking
PIDFile=/run/lirc/lircd.pid
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and my /etc/conf.d/lircd.conf
cat /etc/conf.d/lircd.conf
# Parameters for lirc daemon
LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
LIRC_DRIVER=""
LIRC_EXTRAOPTS=""
LIRC_CONFIGFILE=""
I tried starting irexec via systemd, too, but that did not work either:
sudo systemctl status irexec.service
irexec.service - IR Exec
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/irexec.service; enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2013-04-21 20:17:11 CST; 1s ago
Process: 459 ExecStart=/usr/bin/irexec --daemon (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Apr 21 20:17:11 frontend systemd[1]: Starting IR Exec...
Apr 21 20:17:11 frontend systemd[1]: Started IR Exec.
cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/irexec.service
[Unit]
Description=IR Exec
After=lirc.service
Wants=lirc.service
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/irexec --daemon
Type=forking
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Any help or pointers will be much appreciated.
Last edited by dafrizz (2013-06-08 23:58:25)

Answer 1

Thanks for your help so far. I thought it was the other way around, my mistake,
Still no luck, now I get the following:
sudo systemctl start irexec
Job for irexec.service failed. See 'systemctl status irexec.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
sudo systemctl status irexec
irexec.service - IR Exec
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/irexec.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Sat 2013-06-08 16:16:17 CST; 10s ago
Process: 11748 ExecStart=/usr/bin/irexec (code=killed, signal=TERM)
Jun 08 16:14:47 frontend systemd[1]: Starting IR Exec...
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend systemd[1]: irexec.service operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend systemd[1]: Failed to start IR Exec.
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend systemd[1]: Unit irexec.service entered failed state.
sudo journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Sat 2013-04-20 18:36:51 CST, end at Sat 2013-06-08 16:16:44 CST. --
Jun 08 16:15:41 frontend sudo[11759]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend systemd[1]: irexec.service operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend systemd[1]: Failed to start IR Exec.
-- Subject: Unit irexec.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855d2428ba40df7e9d022f03d
-- Unit irexec.service has failed.
-- The result is failed.
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend systemd[1]: Unit irexec.service entered failed state.
Jun 08 16:16:17 frontend sudo[11745]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root