remote help, some buttons not working

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[    2.501267] usb 1-1.2: new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[    2.618367] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0471, idProduct=0613
[    2.631104] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    2.637357] usb 1-1.2: Product: MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus
[    2.657396] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: PHILIPS
[    2.689501] input: PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input0
[    2.710613] hid-generic 0003:0471:0613.0001: input,hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Keyboard [PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus] on usb-bcm2708_usb-1.2/input0

I know the thing is showing up at startup, but not getting any msgs whatsoever using "irw". I just figured it was because of architecture, distro or modules.. I don't know if it helps but here's output of /var/log/ircd. I'm guessing its looking at /dev/lirc* or whatnot

Code:

Dec 14 16:28:02 RaspberryPi lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 14 16:28:02 RaspberryPi lircd: could not get file information for /dev/lirc0
Dec 14 16:28:02 RaspberryPi lircd: default_init(): No such file or directory
Dec 14 16:28:02 RaspberryPi lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware
Dec 14 16:28:21 RaspberryPi lircd: removed client
Dec 14 16:28:24 RaspberryPi lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 14 16:28:24 RaspberryPi lircd: could not get file information for /dev/lirc0
Dec 14 16:28:24 RaspberryPi lircd: default_init(): No such file or directory
Dec 14 16:28:24 RaspberryPi lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware
Dec 14 17:48:50 RaspberryPi lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 14 17:49:42 RaspberryPi lircd: removed client
Dec 14 17:49:48 RaspberryPi lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 14 17:52:03 RaspberryPi lircd: removed client