localhost init.d # ./lircd restart
 * Stopping lircd ...                                                     [ !! ]
localhost init.d # ./lircd start
 * WARNING:  "lircd" has already been started.
localhost init.d # irw
connect: Connection refused
localhost init.d # irrecord --device=/dev/lirc0 /etc/lircd.conf

irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc

Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc@bartelmus.de)

irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check permissions)
localhost init.d #