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I used the "fallback to lirc 0.9.0" on my previous Ubuntu 18.04 install, and it worked (eventually). I am not thrilled with that method, so like others, I have been looking for alternatives, especially before upgrading to 20.04. Still, it's good to see the fallback will still work. I'm checking the using ir-keytable, which kind of works but doesn't stay restricted to Kodi...button presses have effects across the system. In Kodi, some keys like Guide and LiveTV get you to the right place. Some don't work at all (FFW, Record). Others cause actions outside Kodi, For example Volume up/down/mute show system level controls rather than inside Kodi, Others, like "Print", cause a system level screen copy. It looks like this is doing real keyboard key mapping rather than remote button mapping, and without full Lirc, I'm not (yet) sure where the remote mapping can be prioritized. If anyone has had success with this, please post the details.

Another method I have't yet tried recommends putting the remote on an X blacklist. Haven't seen much more about that since....Again, any direct experience would be welcome...

Tnx
b

I'm the one who experimented the blacklist method.
I'm not using an Ubuntu distribution anymore, now I'm using an arch based distribution.
But the rules are the same.
It's an xorg problem.
So you have first to disable the remote in xorg, and then configure lirc.
In my experience there's no difference from old and newer version of lirc, they both work perfectly (with my mce remote).
The real problem is xorg.
BTW: didn't manage to successfully use ir-keytable (worked with older distributions). Only lirc works.
Bye,
sdf