Late comment: vlc does not depend on lirc any more, so this should not happen to new installations.
Work around for existing installations is to either remove the lirc package or simply disable lircd.socket, lircd.service and lircd-uinput using systemctl. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778569 Title: ir-keytable -c -w /etc/rc_keymaps/file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1778569/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs