Comment 16 for bug 279472

Having the same trouble with my Hauppauge Nova-S Plus Remote ... the lirc.fdi fix didn't work for me. Still getting the same error when I start irw / irrecord:

$ cat /var/log/daemon.log
...
lircd-0.8.3[5864]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
lircd-0.8.3[5864]: initializing '/dev/input/event6'
lircd-0.8.3[5864]: can't get exclusive access to events comming from `/dev/input/event6' interface
lircd-0.8.3[5864]: removed client
lircd-0.8.3[5864]: closing '/dev/input/event6'

$ lshal | grep cx88
info.linux.driver = 'cx88-mpeg driver manager' (string)
info.linux.driver = 'cx88_audio' (string)
info.linux.driver = 'cx8800' (string)
input.product = 'cx88 IR (Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus' (string)

lshal in the attachment.