[vdr] Trouble trying to configure lirc with vdr.

[Peace Monk <peace.monk@gmail.com>]

I am trying to configure lirc with vdr.  I have lirc modules installed
in the vanila kernel  2.6.7.

lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_serial            12896  1 
lirc_dev               13320  2 lirc_serial

I have a dev file /dev/lirc/lirc0

I can also run lircd "/etc/init.d/lircd start" . also, I can see the
remotes are woking when using "xmode2 -d /dev/lirc/lirc0"

For VDR, I have plugin vdr-remote-0.3.1, and applied patch
vdr-remote-0.3.1-0.3.1a.diff.  I load vdr with "vdr -Pdxr3 -P"remote
-l /dev/lirc/lirc0".  When OSD prompts for key entry, my remote does
not work.  Also, I found this in my /var/log/messages

Sep  9 23:58:19 htpc vdr[9195]: starting plugin: dxr3
Sep  9 23:58:19 htpc vdr[9195]: starting plugin: remote
Sep  9 23:58:19 htpc vdr[9195]: ERROR: /dev/lirc/lirc0: Connection refused
Sep  9 23:58:19 htpc vdr[9195]: loading /VDRConf/themes/sttng-default.theme
Sep  9 23:58:19 htpc vdr[9195]: ERROR: remote control LIRC not ready!
Sep  9 23:58:29 htpc vdr[9195]: switching to channel 123

Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?

Thank you!
Monk.