[cofin]

Great post! Thanks!
I found 2 typos
1. "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-sources" should be without the ending "s"
2. "sudo usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd --connect=localhost:8765" should be "sudo /usr/local/......."

Make you can change it for other copy and paste people like me! ;-)
But it's working great!
But I still have some questions:
1. is there a way to hide the "lcdproc server" when no clients are connected? also when I run XBMC it sometimes shows between XBMC screens
2. Is there a way to show the time or date when I close the system it's now saying "thanks for using lcdproc and linux" (or something like that)
3. I don't have the MCE remote yet so I'm using the mini remote of antec but I can't find all the remote keys (with your keys only "enter" and "back" are working")
with google I found some other codes but I'm still missing up/down/left/right

Thanks you for the feedback. I have corrected the two typos.

Let me address your other questions individually:
1. I have not found a way to completely hide LCDProc server when no clients are connected. There is a way, however, to suppress the showing when XBMC is active. Edit /usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf and set ServerScreen=no. Make sure you uncomment if it is commented by default.
2. You can also modify the shutdown message in the LCDd.conf. Find the two lines that read "Goodbye=<text here>". Set them to whatever you like. Again, make sure to uncomment the lines if they are commented out.
3. You will have to record your own IR commands and write your own lirc.conf file to get the mini remote to work. The way to do this is to kill all running lircd processes, and run the command irrecord. You will possibly have to do this for both of the IR devices (/dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc1) to capture all of the IR commands.

Hopefully, this will get you going in the right direction.