are you sure just restarting the lirc-daemon doesn't help? At least when vdr connects to lircd the daemos quits when it can't find /dev/lirc. Check the syslog for any messages from lircd.
-- lirc configuration not loaded after a reboot https://launchpad.net/bugs/61132 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
