[PROBLEM] Trouble getting lircd to work as expected, also is something else handling IR input?

[Msprg]

Ok, I Got it, just I don't really have a IR USB receiver (I suppose that's what you are calling dongle) on hand now, just IR sensor I can connect to GPIO. But maybe it would be much less work just getting an USB IR receiver. So could you tell me some brand/model that should reliably work plug & play, like your does?

Ideally you would send a link to Amazon or Aliexpress, because I don't feel like buying and waiting for some receiver that will end up not working out of the box...