[root@MythTV sysconfig]# irrecord myremote.conf -d /dev/input/irremote

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

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

irrecord: could not get hardware features
irrecord: this device driver does not support the new LIRC interface
irrecord: major number of /dev/input/irremote is 13
irrecord: LIRC major number is 61
irrecord: check if /dev/input/irremote is a LIRC device
irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check permissions)