You will have to use the lirc_mceusb2 kernel module.

Now enter 'make' and 'make install' to compile and install the package.

root@Xerox:/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0# make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0'
Making all in drivers
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers'
Making all in lirc_dev
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev'
mv Makefile Makefile.automake
cp ../Makefile.kernel Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/build/ SUBDIRS=/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev modules \
                KBUILD_VERBOSE=1
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic'
mkdir -p /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_versions
rm -f /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev
  gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/.lirc_dev.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude  -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fno-stack-protector -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2  -march=i586 -mtune=generic -mregparm=3 -ffreestanding -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=61 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/../.. -I/lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/build//include/  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(lirc_dev)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(lirc_dev)" -c -o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/.tmp_lirc_dev.o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c
  Building modules, stage 2.
make -rR -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic/scripts/Makefile.modpost
  scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic/Module.symvers -I /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/Modules.symvers -o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/Modules.symvers /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.o
  ld -m elf_i386 -m elf_i386 -r -o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.ko /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.mod.o
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic'
mv Makefile.automake Makefile
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev'
Making all in lirc_mceusb2
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2'
mv Makefile Makefile.automake
cp ../Makefile.kernel Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/build/ SUBDIRS=/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2 modules \
                KBUILD_VERBOSE=1
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic'
mkdir -p /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/.tmp_versions
rm -f /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2
  gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/.lirc_mceusb2.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude  -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fno-stack-protector -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2  -march=i586 -mtune=generic -mregparm=3 -ffreestanding -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=61 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/../.. -I/lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/build//include/  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(lirc_mceusb2)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(lirc_mceusb2)" -c -o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/.tmp_lirc_mceusb2.o /usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/lirc_mceusb2.c
/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/lirc_mceusb2.c:588: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/lirc_mceusb2.c:588: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2/lirc_mceusb2.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic'
make[3]: *** [lirc_mceusb2.o] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@Xerox:/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0# make install
Making install in drivers
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers'
Making install in lirc_dev
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev'
test -c /dev/lirc || (/bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /dev && /bin/mknod /dev/lirc c 61 0)
/bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/misc
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lirc_dev.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/misc/lirc_dev.ko
/sbin/depmod -a
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_dev'
Making install in lirc_mceusb2
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers/lirc_mceusb2'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lirc-0.8.0/drivers'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1