Try another lirc device...? (has worked for me in the past.)
I gave up on lirc and their hopeless and inscrutable instructions (always a version behind the current release) and went with Flirc....
Works every time..(and Kent's (@TheOldPresbyope ) how-to for MoOde is great)
http://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1529
and triggerhappy may be even better but I have yet to see a step by step How-to for that...
Code:
mode2 -d /dev/lirc1
I gave up on lirc and their hopeless and inscrutable instructions (always a version behind the current release) and went with Flirc....

Works every time..(and Kent's (@TheOldPresbyope ) how-to for MoOde is great)

http://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1529
and triggerhappy may be even better but I have yet to see a step by step How-to for that...
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bob