[PROBLEM] Xbian Beta 2 and GPIO remote how to??

[markosjal]

There was some partial help on that thread. The part I found most useful was

sudo modprobe lirc_rpi
sudo kill $(pidof lircd)
sudo mode2 -d /dev/lirc0

I can then see mode2 output when pressing buttons (even from the next room!)

I also copied the lircd.conf for apple remote from this page to start with
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=7798&start=100

However it seems I still need to kill lircd with the above command after restart

as I can see little correlation to the examples of /etc/lirc/hardware.conf in xbian and samples on varios pages I am not sure what needs to be done there and this is part of the reason I ask for info related to Xbian Beta2

Now I am still confused on where to go next

I would also like to have an Apple remote config file that behaves as it does on Apple TV but I think the long keypresses are the challenge there. Does anyone have one with long keypresses?

Please , anyone?